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Cancer pharmacomicrobiomics: targeting microbiota to optimise cancer therapy outcomes
Despite the promising advances in novel cancer therapy such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), limitations including therapeutic resistance and toxicity remain. In recent years, the relationship between gut microbiota and cancer has been extensively studied....
Metagenomic Analyses Reveal Distinct Gut Microbiota Signature for Predicting the Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Responsiveness in Breast Cancer Patients
Growing evidence supports the modulatory role of human gut microbiome on neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) efficacy. However, the relationships among the gut microbiome, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), and NAC response for breast cancer (BC) patients remain unclear. We thus proposed this preliminary study to investigate the relationship between gut microbiome and BC patients’ responses to NAC treatment as well as underlying mechanisms.
Deciphering the Microbiome-Immunity-Cancer Axis
Trillions of microbes inhabit human body surfaces and cavities and interact with the host constantly. Recently, it came to light that the microbiota is a critical regulator of tumorigenesis and impacts outcomes of various cancer therapies.
Targeting the gut and tumor microbiota in cancer
Microorganisms within the gut and other niches may contribute to carcinogenesis, as well as shaping cancer immunosurveillance and response to immunotherapy.
Healthy gut microbiome improves success of cancer treatment
The study is published in Nature Medicine and co-ordinated by King’s College London, CIBIO Department of the University of Trento and European Institute of Oncology in Italy, University of Groningen in the Netherlands and funded by the Seerave Foundation.
Nasopharyngeal Microbiota as an early severity biomarker in COVID-19 hospitalised patients
To study the microbiota, we utilized 16S rRNA sequencing of 177 samples that came from a retrospective cohort of COVID-19 hospitalized patients. Raw sequences were processed by QIIME2.
The role of gut microbiome in cancer genesis and cancer prevention
The gut microbiome is known to have an essential role in the regulation of the host’s health and physiology.
Nivolumab plus ipilimumab with or without live bacterial supplementation in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a randomized phase 1 trial
The data suggest that CBM588 appears to enhance the clinical outcome in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with nivolumab–ipilimumab.
Intestinal microbiota signatures of clinical response and immune-related adverse events in melanoma patients treated with anti-PD-1
It is new light on the complex interaction between the gut microbiome and response to cancer immunotherapy, providing a roadmap for future studies.
