Toward a postbiotic era of microbiome science: Opportunities to advance immunotherapies for hepatocellular carcinoma

Autor: Geicho Nakatsu
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 37:34-38
ISSN: 1440-1746
0815-9319
DOI: 10.1111/jgh.15715
Popis: The microbiome has revolutionized the field of cancer immunology and checkpoint therapeutics for gastrointestinal malignancies. Combating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is a unique challenge due in part to chronic complications that arise from local and systemic metabolic dysfunctions. Gut microbial metabolites modulate key immunological processes that influence liver cancer susceptibility and resistance to ICB. This review discusses recent progresses in linking microbiota functions to HCC tumor immunity and highlights their therapeutic potential.
Databáze: OpenAIRE