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Gut microbes have ascended to prominence as key modulators of host immunity, raising the possibility that they could influence the outcome of cancer immunotherapy. Two recent studies address this question by identifying specific gut-resident bacteria as drivers of checkpoint blockade immunotherapy in pre-clinical tumor models.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.ccell.2015.11.010

Type

Journal article

Journal

Cancer Cell

Publication Date

14/12/2015

Volume

28

Pages

687 - 689

Keywords

Animals, Anthracyclines, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, Antibodies, Monoclonal, B7-H1 Antigen, Bifidobacterium, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Humans, Melanoma, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Skin Neoplasms, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left