Anti-PD1 in the wonder-gut-land.
Cell Res
; 28(3): 263-264, 2018 03.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29336431
ABSTRACT
After the initial success of cancer immunotherapy using immune checkpoint blockers, the challenge is to understand why only a minority of patients respond to the therapy and to increase the rate of response. Three recent papers now report that the gut microbiota modulates the response to anti-PD1 therapy in patients with epithelial cancers or melanoma.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
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Gastrointestinal Microbiome
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Melanoma
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Cell Res
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States