ReviewSeminars in immunology2017
Microbiota dysbiosis in select human cancers: Evidence of association and causality.
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115 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.
- The presence and relative abundance of salivary Fusobacterium nucleatum are not associated with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- High-throughput nucleotide sequencing for bacteriome studies in oral squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of the Human Microbiome in Forensic Sciences: a Systematic Review.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2020Pooled it
- Persistence of salivary antibody responses after COVID-19 vaccination is associated with oral microbiome variation in both healthy and people living with HIV.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Trial
- The Influence of Vaginal, Intestinal, and Tumor Tissue Microbiota on Selected Malignant Tumors in Women.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Defined bacterial consortium highlights the impact of intestinal bacteria on DNA methylation and tumorigenesis.Genome biology · 2026Article
- Comparative analysis of the lung microbiota in patients with lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and community-acquired pneumonia.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Association of gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids with pre-diabetes and diabetes following gestational diabetes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Poor Oral Health and Risk of Respiratory Tract Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study from the UK Biobank.Cancers · 2025Article
- Advancing understanding of autoimmune diseases and lung cancer: trends, themes, and future directions.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Role of Human Microbiome in Development and Management of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Cancers · 2025Review
- Current challenges and potential opportunities for interception and prevention of head and neck cancer.Carcinogenesis · 2025Review
- 16S rRNA sequencing reveals relationships among enrichment of oral microbiota in the lower respiratory tract and pulmonary nodules malignant progression.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Decoding the Tumor-Associated Microbiota: From Origins to Nanomedicine Applications in Cancer Therapy.Biology · 2025Review
- Gut-X axis.iMeta · 2025Review
- The role of the microbiome in head and neck squamous cell cancers.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Review
- Black Raspberry Modulates Cecal and Oral Microbiomes at the Early Stage of a Dibenzo[def,p]chrysene-Induced Murine Oral Cancer Model.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Fungi and cancer: unveiling the complex role of fungal infections in tumor biology and therapeutic resistance.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Review
- Research status of the relationship between microecological imbalance and lung cancer.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Gut microbiota in colorectal cancer: a review of its influence on tumor immune surveillance and therapeutic response.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
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Abstract
The human microbiota is a complex ecosystem of diverse microorganisms consisting of bacteria, viruses, and fungi residing predominantly in epidermal and mucosal habitats across the body, such as skin, oral cavity, lung, intestine and vagina. These symbiotic communities in health, or dysbiotic communities in disease, display tremendous interaction with the local environment and systemic responses, playing a critical role in the host's nutrition, immunity, metabolism and diseases including cancers. While the profiling of normal microbiota in healthy populations is useful and necessary, more recent studies have focused on the microbiota associated with disease, particularly cancers. In this paper, we review current evidence on the role of the human microbiota in four cancer types (colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer, pancreatic cancer, and lung cancer) proposed as affected by both the oral and gut microbiota, and provide a perspective on current gaps in the knowledge of the microbiota and cancer.
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