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MDPI, Cancers, 19(14), p. 4641, 2022

DOI: 10.3390/cancers14194641

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The Crosstalk between Microbiome and Immunotherapeutics: Myth or Reality

Journal article published in 2022 by Alireza Tojjari ORCID, Hassan Abushukair ORCID, Anwaar Saeed
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The gut microbiome refers to microorganisms and their genetic material influencing local and systemic inflammation. Inflammation is known to contribute to cancer development, progression, and treatment. Evidence suggests that modulating the gut microbiome may affect responses to various cancer therapies. The gut microbiota has been suggested to have an impact on immunotherapy efficacy, especially the currently widely used immune checkpoint inhibitors in various malignancies. Microbial interventions like fecal microbiota transplantation, various probiotics, or even antibiotics can increase or decrease the tumor’s sensitivity to immunotherapy. However, not all tumors react in the same manner, highlighting the tumor microenvironment heterogeneity across tumor types and the influence this has on the crosstalk between the microbiome and therapy outcomes. In this study, we intend to review the association between the gut microbiota and immunotherapy response in cancer patients and the factors regulating this interaction.