Immune checkpoint therapy—current perspectives and future directions

P Sharma, S Goswami, D Raychaudhuri, BA Siddiqui… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) has dramatically altered clinical outcomes for cancer
patients and conferred durable clinical benefits, including cure in a subset of patients …

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 …

Fecal microbiota transplantation plus anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in advanced melanoma: a phase I trial

B Routy, JG Lenehan, WH Miller Jr, R Jamal… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) represents a potential strategy to overcome
resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with refractory melanoma; however …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary tryptophan metabolite released by intratumoral Lactobacillus reuteri facilitates immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment

MJ Bender, AC McPherson, CM Phelps, SP Pandey… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The use of probiotics by cancer patients is increasing, including among those undergoing
immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment. Here, we elucidate a critical microbial-host …

Akkermansia muciniphila: paradigm for next-generation beneficial microorganisms

PD Cani, C Depommier, M Derrien, A Everard… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Ever since Akkermansia muciniphila was discovered and characterized two decades ago,
numerous studies have shown that the lack or decreased abundance of this commensal …

Causal relationship between gut microbiota and cancers: a two-sample Mendelian randomisation study

Y Long, L Tang, Y Zhou, S Zhao, H Zhu - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Evidence from observational studies and clinical trials suggests that the gut
microbiota is associated with cancer. However, the causal association between gut …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus nivolumab with or without ipilimumab in operable non-small cell lung cancer: the phase 2 platform NEOSTAR trial

T Cascone, CH Leung, A Weissferdt, A Pataer… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Neoadjuvant ipilimumab+ nivolumab (Ipi+ Nivo) and nivolumab+ chemotherapy
(Nivo+ CT) induce greater pathologic response rates than CT alone in patients with …

Clinical management of metastatic colorectal cancer in the era of precision medicine

F Ciardiello, D Ciardiello, G Martini… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents approximately 10% of all cancers and is the second
most common cause of cancer deaths. Initial clinical presentation as metastatic CRC …

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 …