The trillions of microorganisms in the gut microbiome have attracted much attention recently owing to their sophisticated and widespread impacts on numerous aspects of host pathophysiology.Remarkable progress in large...The trillions of microorganisms in the gut microbiome have attracted much attention recently owing to their sophisticated and widespread impacts on numerous aspects of host pathophysiology.Remarkable progress in large-scale sequencing and mass spectrometry has increased our understanding of the influence of the microbiome and/or its metabolites on the onset and progression of extraintestinal cancers and the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy.Given the plasticity in microbial composition and function,microbial-based therapeutic interventions,including dietary modulation,prebiotics,and probiotics,as well as fecal microbial transplantation,potentially permit the development of novel strategies for cancer therapy to improve clinical outcomes.Herein,we summarize the latest evidence on the involvement of the gut microbiome in host immunity and metabolism,the effects of the microbiome on extraintestinal cancers and the immune response,and strategies to modulate the gut microbiome,and we discuss ongoing studies and future areas of research that deserve focused research efforts.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81672787[Y.T.])the National Basic Research Program of China(2015CB553903[Y.T.])an the Overseas Expertise Introduction Project for Discipline Innovation(111 Project,No.111-2-12).
文摘The trillions of microorganisms in the gut microbiome have attracted much attention recently owing to their sophisticated and widespread impacts on numerous aspects of host pathophysiology.Remarkable progress in large-scale sequencing and mass spectrometry has increased our understanding of the influence of the microbiome and/or its metabolites on the onset and progression of extraintestinal cancers and the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy.Given the plasticity in microbial composition and function,microbial-based therapeutic interventions,including dietary modulation,prebiotics,and probiotics,as well as fecal microbial transplantation,potentially permit the development of novel strategies for cancer therapy to improve clinical outcomes.Herein,we summarize the latest evidence on the involvement of the gut microbiome in host immunity and metabolism,the effects of the microbiome on extraintestinal cancers and the immune response,and strategies to modulate the gut microbiome,and we discuss ongoing studies and future areas of research that deserve focused research efforts.
