A host's microbiota may increase, diminish, or have no effect at all on cancer susceptibility.
Assigning causal roles in cancer to specific microbes and microbiotas, unraveling host …

Cancer has long been considered a genetic disease. However, accumulating evidence
supports the involvement of infectious agents in the development of cancer, especially in …

The intestinal flora may promote colon tumor formation. Here we explore immunologic
mechanisms of colonic carcinogenesis by a human colonic bacterium, enterotoxigenic …

The gastrointestinal tract harbors most of the microbiota associated with humans. In recent
years, there has been a surge of interest in assessing the relationships between the gut …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a multifactorial disease which arises as a result of the
interaction of genetic, environmental, barrier and microbial factors leading to chronic …

The composition of the human intestinal microbiota is linked to health status. The aim was to
analyze the microbiota of normal and colon cancer patients in order to establish cancer …

The mammalian alimentary tract harbors hundreds of species of commensal
microorganisms (microbiota) that intimately interact with the host and provide it with genetic …

Studies on the role of gut commensal bacteria in health development have rapidly attracted
much more attention beyond the classical pathogens over the last decade. Many important …

Recent studies have shown that individuals with colorectal cancer have an altered gut
microbiome compared to healthy controls. It remains unclear whether these differences are …

Recent studies have suggested that the gut microbiome may be an important factor in the
development of colorectal cancer. Abnormalities in the gut microbiome have been reported …