Arielle Kae Sulit

2026

Journal - Research Article

Waddell, O., Sulit, A., Wilson, K., Ramsey, R., Heriot, A., Frizelle, F., & Purcell, R. (2026). Distinct differences in the tumour-resident microbiome between early-and late-onset colorectal cancer. Oncodaily Medical Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.69690/ODMJ-001-0426-7451

Permain, J., Sulit, A., Eglinton, T., & Purcell, R. (2026). Bacterial lipopolysaccharide alters DNA methylation in colorectal cancer cells. Clinical Epigenetics, 18, 11. doi: 10.1186/s13148-025-02012-w

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Purcell, R. V., Hegoburu, A., Sulit, A., & Frizelle, F. (2026). Spatial immune architecture as a predictor of response to neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy in rectal cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 44(16, Suppl.), e15739. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2026.44.16_suppl.e15739

Purcell, R. V., Waddell, O., Sulit, A., & Frizelle, F. (2026). A distinct immune-microbiome axis in early-onset colorectal cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 44(16, Suppl.), e15736. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2026.44.16_suppl.e15736

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sulit, A., Kinder, C. R., Permain, J., Miller, A., & Purcell, R. (2026, February). The tumour-resident microbiome and methylation in colorectal tumours. Verbal presentation at the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2025

Journal - Research Article

Waddell, O., Sulit, A., Wilson, K., Ramsey, R., Heriot, A., Frizelle, F., & Purcell, R. (2025). Consensus molecular subtypes and gene expression in early-onset colorectal cancer. Colorectal Cancer, 14(1), 2562798. doi: 10.1080/1758194X.2025.2562798

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Purcell, R. V., Waddell, O., Sulit, A., & Frizelle, F. (2025). Tumour microbiome and immune dysregulation in early-onset colorectal cancer. Annals of Oncology, 36(Suppl. 1), 81P. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2025.05.093

2024

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sulit, A., Appleby, S., Pearson, J., & Purcell, R. (2024). Using oxford nanopore technologies to study microbial cell-free DNA (mcfDNA). Proceedings of the 17th GeneMappers Conference. Retrieved from https://www.genemappersconference.org

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sulit, A. K., Hegoburu, A., & Purcell, R. (2024, August-September). Response to chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancers: Profiling protein expression in defined tumour tissue structures. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Research Week (QRW) Cancer Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2023

Journal - Research Article

Sulit, A. K., Daigneault, M., Allen-Vercoe, E., Silander, O. K., Hock, B., McKenzie, J., Pearson, J., Frizelle, F. A., Schmeier, S., & Purcell, R. (2023). Bacterial lipopolysaccharide modulates immune response in the colorectal tumor microenvironment. npj Biofilms & Microbiomes, 9, 59. doi: 10.1038/s41522-023-00429-w

Kolisnik, T., Sulit, A. K., Schmeier, S., Frizelle, F., Purcell, R., Smith, A., & Silander, O. (2023). Identifying important microbial and genomic biomarkers for differentiating right- versus left-sided colorectal cancer using random forest models. BMC Cancer, 23, 647. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-10848-9

Sulit, A. K., Wilson, K., Pearson, J., Silander, O. K., Sampurno, S., Michael, M., … Frizelle, F., & Purcell, R. V. (2023). Human gene and microbial analyses in rectal cancer complete responses to radiotherapy. BJS Open, 7(3), zrad035. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrad035

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Purcell, R., Sulit, A., & Frizelle, F. (2023). The influence of the microbiome on the tumour-immune microenvironment in colorectal cancer. Annals of Oncology, 34(Suppl. 1), SO-23. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.04.495

Purcell, R., Sulit, A., & Frizelle, F. (2023). Immune cell and microbiome contributions to radiotherapy response in rectal cancer. Annals of Oncology, 34(Suppl. 1), P-67 . doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.04.123

Permain, J., Sulit, A., Eglinton, T., & Purcell, R. (2023). Bacterial lipopolysaccharide modulates immune responses in colorectal cancer. Annals of Oncology, 34(Suppl. 1), P-306. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.04.362

Lee, M. S., Sulit, A., Frizelle, F., & Purcell, R. (2023). The microbiome in adult acute appendicitis. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93(Suppl. 1), (pp. 80). doi: 10.1111/ans.18394

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Appleby, S., Sulit, A. K., Pemberton, C. J., Pearson, J. F., & Purcell, R. V. (2023, August). Circulating bacterial DNA as a prognostic marker for myocardial infarction. Verbal presentation at the 17th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2022

Journal - Research Article

O'Grady, M. J., Turner, G. A., Sulit, A., Frizelle, F. A., & Purcell, R. (2022). Distinct changes in the colonic microbiome associated with acute diverticulitis. Colorectal Disease, 24, 1591-1601. doi: 10.1111/codi.16271

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sulit, A., Daigneault, M., Allen-Vercoe, E., Silander, O., Hock, B., McKenzie, J., Pearson, J., Frizelle, F., … Purcell, R. (2022). Lipopolysaccharide from colorectal cancer-associated bacteria influence cytokine production in immune cells. Colorectal Disease, 24(Suppl. 1), (pp. 55-56). doi: 10.1111/codi.16048

Purcell, R., Sulit, A., Wilson, K., Michael, M., Pearson, J., Ramsey, R., … Frizelle, F. (2022). The tumour microbiome and response to radiotherapy in rectal cancer. Colorectal Disease, 24(Suppl. 1), (pp. 5). doi: 10.1111/codi.16048

Permain, J., Purcell, R., Sulit, A., Hock, B., & Eglinton, T. (2022). Novel functional links between colorectal carcinogenesis and the microbiome. Colorectal Disease, 24(Suppl. 1), (pp. 4-5). doi: 10.1111/codi.16048

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sulit, A. K., Pearson, J., Liu, W., Silander, O. K., Wilson, K., Heriot, A., Frizelle, F., & Purcell, R. (2022, August). Human gene and microbial analyses suggest immunotherapy-like mechanisms in complete response to radiotherapy in rectal cancer. Verbal presentation at the Cancer Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.