Targeting the gut and tumor microbiota in cancer

EM Park, M Chelvanambi, N Bhutiani, G Kroemer… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Microorganisms within the gut and other niches may contribute to carcinogenesis, as well as
shaping cancer immunosurveillance and response to immunotherapy. Our understanding of …

Blautia—a new functional genus with potential probiotic properties?

X Liu, B Mao, J Gu, J Wu, S Cui, G Wang, J Zhao… - Gut …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Blautia is a genus of anaerobic bacteria with probiotic characteristics that occur widely in the
feces and intestines of mammals. Based on phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses, some …

Gut microbiome correlates of response and toxicity following anti-CD19 CAR T cell therapy

M Smith, A Dai, G Ghilardi, KV Amelsberg, SM Devlin… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has led to unprecedented
responses in patients with high-risk hematologic malignancies. However, up to 60% of …

Targeting the gut microbiota for cancer therapy

MR Fernandes, P Aggarwal, RGF Costa… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Growing evidence suggests that the gut microbiota modulates the efficacy and toxicity of
cancer therapy, most notably immunotherapy and its immune-related adverse effects. The …

Acute graft-versus-host disease

F Malard, E Holler, BM Sandmaier, H Huang… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common immune complication that can occur
after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT). Acute GVHD is a major …

The controversial role of human gut lachnospiraceae

M Vacca, G Celano, FM Calabrese, P Portincasa… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The complex polymicrobial composition of human gut microbiota plays a key role in health
and disease. Lachnospiraceae belong to the core of gut microbiota, colonizing the intestinal …

The microbiome, cancer, and cancer therapy

BA Helmink, MAW Khan, A Hermann… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
With the advent of next-generation sequencing, we have an unprecedented ability to study
tumor and host genomes as well as those of the vast array of microorganisms that exist …

Microbiota as predictor of mortality in allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation

JU Peled, ALC Gomes, SM Devlin… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Relationships between microbiota composition and clinical outcomes after
allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation have been described in single-center studies …

The influence of the gut microbiome on cancer, immunity, and cancer immunotherapy

V Gopalakrishnan, BA Helmink, CN Spencer… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
The microbiome is receiving significant attention given its influence on a host of human
diseases including cancer. Its role in response to cancer treatment is becoming increasingly …

Fecal microbiota transplantation for refractory immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated colitis

Y Wang, DH Wiesnoski, BA Helmink… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
We report the first case series of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI)-associated colitis
successfully treated with fecal microbiota transplantation, with reconstitution of the gut …