Commensal Bacteria Control Cancer Response to Therapy by Modulating the Tumor Microenvironment

Iida, Noriho; Dzutsev, A.; Stewart, C.; Smith, Loretta; Bouladoux, N.; A. Weingarten, Rebecca; Molina, D.; Salcedo, R.; Back, T.; D. Cramer, Sarah; Dai, Ren-Ming; Kiu, Hiu; Cardone, M.; Naik, S.; Patri, A.; Wang, E.; Marincola, F.; Marincola, F.; Frank, K.; Belkaid, Y.; Trinchieri, G.; Goldszmid, R.

doi:10.1126/science.1240527

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Commensal Bacteria Control Cancer Response to Therapy by Modulating the Tumor Microenvironment

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Authors:

Noriho Iida

Amiran Dzutsev

C. Andrew Stewart

Abstract

The Microbiota Makes for Good Therapy The gut microbiota has been implicated in the development of some cancers, such as colorectal cancer, but—given the important role our intestinal habitants play in metabolism—they may also modulate the efficacy of certain cancer therapeutics. Iida et al. (p. 967...

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