Cancer and the gut microbiota: An unexpected link

Laurence Zitvogel, Lorenzo Galluzzi, Sophie Viaud, Marie Vétizou, Romain Daillère, Miriam Merad, Guido Kroemer

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    Abstract

    Changes in the interactions among the gut microbiota, intestinal epithelium, and host immune system are associated with many diseases, including cancer. We discuss how environmental factors influence this cross-talk during oncogenesis and tumor progression and how manipulations of the gut microbiota might improve the clinical activity of anticancer agents.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number271ps1
    JournalScience Translational Medicine
    Volume7
    Issue number271
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 21 Jan 2015

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