The intestinal microbiota determines the clinical efficacy of immune checkpoint blockers targeting PD-1/PD-L1

Lisa Derosa, Bertrand Routy, Guido Kroemer, Laurence Zitvogel

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    Abstract

    Cancer immunotherapists have been searching for biomarkers predicting patient responses to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in neoplastic cells as well as in the immune system. Now, accumulating evidence indicates that the composition of the intestinal microflora has a major impact on patient prognosis. Here, we enumerate the bacterial species that are associated with favorable outcome of immunotherapy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article numbere1434468
    JournalOncoImmunology
    Volume7
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 3 Jun 2018

    Keywords

    • Biomarkers
    • Inflammation and cancer
    • Microbiota
    • NSCLC
    • New target
    • PD-1/PD-L1
    • RCC
    • immune checkpoint blockers

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