Long-distance microbial mechanisms impacting cancer immunosurveillance

L Zitvogel, M Fidelle, G Kroemer - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
The intestinal microbiota determines immune responses against extraintestinal antigens,
including tumor-associated antigens. Indeed, depletion or gross perturbation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Lymphatic system regulation of anti-cancer immunity and metastasis

PJ Lei, C Fraser, D Jones, JM Ubellacker… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Cancer dissemination to lymph nodes (LN) is associated with a worse prognosis, increased
incidence of distant metastases and reduced response to therapy. The LN microenvironment …

Cadmium in Market Pork Kidneys: A Study on Cadmium Bioavailability and the Health Effects Based on Mouse Models

XY Lin, TW Ye, X Duan, BX Wang… - … Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Edible offal of farmed animals can accumulate cadmium (Cd). However, no studies have
investigated Cd bioavailability and its health effects. Here, based on mouse models, market …

Microbes and vitamin D aid immunotherapy

F Franco, KD McCoy - Science, 2024 - science.org
Tremendous progress has been made in improving cancer immunotherapy, which is now
established as a pillar for cancer treatment. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) enhance …

Cancer Incidence Rates in the US in 2016–2020 with Respect to Solar UVB Doses, Diabetes and Obesity Prevalence, Lung Cancer Incidence Rates, and Alcohol …

WB Grant - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
This article reports the results of an ecological study of cancer incidence rates by state in the
US for the period 2016–2020. The goals of this study were to determine the extent to which …

Vitamin D-dependent microbiota-enhancing tumor immunotherapy

JM Izquierdo - Cellular & Molecular Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
The antitumor immune response plays a crucial role in successful cancer treatment. In a
recent article in Science, Giampazolias et al.[1] reported a vitamin D (VitD)-mediated …

1α, 25-hydroxyvitamin D/VDR suppresses stem-like properties of ovarian cancer cells by restraining nuclear translocation of β-catenin

J Li, Y Hou, H Ding, P Wang, B Li - Steroids, 2024 - Elsevier
Several studies have indicated that 1α, 25-hydroxyvitamin D [1α, 25 (OH) 2 D 3] inhibits the
proliferation and metastasis of cancer cells through suppressing epithelial-mesenchymal …

[HTML][HTML] Bringing Vitamin D and the Vitamin D Receptor into the Limelight

J Sun - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Classically, vitamin D is known to regulate skeletal and mineral ion homeostasis. The active
form of vitamin D, 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1, 25 (OH) 2D3], binds with high affinity to the …

Mutant p53 Exploits Enhancers to Elevate Immunosuppressive Chemokine Expression and Impair Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Pancreatic Cancer

DB Mahat, H Kumra, SA Castro, E Metcalf, K Nguyen… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive cancer without effective
treatments. It is characterized by activating KRAS mutations and p53 alterations. However …

Connecting vitamin D, the microbiome and anticancer immunity

A Flemming - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Vitamin D has a role in immune modulation and in shaping commensal microbial
communities. Reis e Sousa and colleagues show that mice lacking Gc globulin (Gc …