Gut microbiota in colorectal cancer development and therapy

CC Wong, J Yu - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2023 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the commonest cancers globally. A unique aspect of CRC
is its intimate association with the gut microbiota, which forms an essential part of the tumour …

Bacteria in cancer initiation, promotion and progression

G El Tekle, WS Garrett - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer cells originate from a series of acquired genetic mutations that can drive their
uncontrolled cell proliferation and immune evasion. Environmental factors, including the …

A distinct Fusobacterium nucleatum clade dominates the colorectal cancer niche

M Zepeda-Rivera, SS Minot, H Bouzek, H Wu… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn), a bacterium present in the human oral cavity and rarely
found in the lower gastrointestinal tract of healthy individuals, is enriched in human …

Tumor biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis and targeted therapy

Y Zhou, L Tao, J Qiu, J Xu, X Yang, Y Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Tumor biomarkers, the substances which are produced by tumors or the body's responses to
tumors during tumorigenesis and progression, have been demonstrated to possess critical …

The gut microbiota and its biogeography

G McCallum, C Tropini - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Biogeography is the study of species distribution and diversity within an ecosystem and is at
the core of how we understand ecosystem dynamics and interactions at the macroscale. In …

Cancers make their own luck: theories of cancer origins

A Jassim, EP Rahrmann, BD Simons… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer has been a leading cause of death for decades. This dismal statistic has increased
efforts to prevent the disease or to detect it early, when treatment is less invasive, relatively …

Fusobacterium nucleatum-derived succinic acid induces tumor resistance to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer

SS Jiang, YL **e, XY **ao, ZR Kang, XL Lin, L Zhang… - Cell host & …, 2023 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint blockade therapy with anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) is a
treatment for colorectal cancer (CRC). However, some patients remain unresponsive to PD …

Microbiota in health and diseases

K Hou, ZX Wu, XY Chen, JQ Wang, D Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The role of microbiota in health and diseases is being highlighted by numerous studies
since its discovery. Depending on the localized regions, microbiota can be classified into …

Machine learning for microbiologists

F Asnicar, AM Thomas, A Passerini… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Machine learning is increasingly important in microbiology where it is used for tasks
such as predicting antibiotic resistance and associating human microbiome features with …

Tissue-resident Lachnospiraceae family bacteria protect against colorectal carcinogenesis by promoting tumor immune surveillance

X Zhang, D Yu, D Wu, X Gao, F Shao, M Zhao… - Cell host & …, 2023 - cell.com
The intestinal microbiota plays an important role in colorectal cancer (CRC) progression.
However, the effect of tissue-resident commensal bacteria on CRC immune surveillance …