Faculty Biography

Amosy M'Koma, MD, MS, PhD

Associate Professor
Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology
Secondary Appointment
Pathology
School of Medicine
(615) 327-6796 | amkoma@mmc.edu

Research Themes

Autoimmune Diseases, Cancer Biology, Gastrointestinal Diseases

Active Research Projects

1. Differentiating ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s colitis through proteomic patterns, NIH/NIDDK

2. Role of free hemoglobin alpha chain in colitis-associated colorectal cancer, VICC GI SPORE

3. Targeted DEFA5 Abs and assay methods for diagnosing and treating inflammatory bowel disease, VICTR

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ABSTRACT MMCWeb

Publications

Adenocarcinoma at the Ileostomy Site After a Proctocolectomy for Ulcerative Colitis and/or Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: An Overview.
Samuel D James, Alexander T Hawkins, Amosy E M'Koma

Adaptive Returns of Deficient Systemic Plasma Immunoglobulin G Levels as Rehabilitation Biomarker After Emergency Colectomy for Fulminant Ulcerative Colitis.
Alexander T Hawkins, Jun W Um, Amosy E M'Koma

Human alpha defensin 5 is a candidate biomarker to delineate inflammatory bowel disease.
Amanda D Williams, Olga Y Korolkova, Amos M Sakwe, Timothy M Geiger, Samuel D James, Roberta L Muldoon, Alan J Herline, J Shawn Goodwin, Michael G Izban, Mary K Washington, Duane T Smoot, Billy R Ballard, Maria Gazouli, Amosy E M'Koma

Gastrointestinal endoscopy biopsy derived proteomic patterns predict indeterminate colitis into ulcerative colitis and Crohn's colitis.
Billy Ray Ballard, Amosy Ephreim M'Koma

Characterization of Serum Cytokine Profile in Predominantly Colonic Inflammatory Bowel Disease to Delineate Ulcerative and Crohn's Colitides.
Olga Y Korolkova, Jeremy N Myers, Samuel T Pellom, Li Wang, Amosy E M'Koma

Serum protein profiling of adults and children with Crohn disease.
Anna Vaiopoulou, Maria Gazouli, Aggeliki Papadopoulou, Athanassios K Anagnostopoulos, George Karamanolis, George E Theodoropoulos, Amosy M'Koma, George T Tsangaris

Keywords

Surgery, Inflammatory bowel disease, Biomarker, Colitis-associated colorectal cancer, Molecular diagnostics

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