ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2022
Microbiota and their metabolites potentiate cancer immunotherapy: Therapeutic target or resource for small molecule drug discovery?
Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of gut microbiota and metabolite-driven immune cell spatiotemporal dynamics on tumors.Gut microbes · 2026Review
- Role of gut microbiota in cancer modulation: molecular mechanisms and emerging therapeutic strategies.Infectious agents and cancer · 2026Review
- Toward Microbiome-Informed Melanoma Care: The Gut Microbiota in Melanoma Evolution, Immunotherapy Response and Immune-Related Toxicity.Current oncology reports · 2026Review
- The Impact of Microbiome on Breast Cancer and Regulatory Strategies.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Challenges and limitations in using bacterial metabolites as immunomodulators.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Review
- Expanding horizons of cancer immunotherapy: hopes and hurdles.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Unveiling the gut-eye axis: how microbial metabolites influence ocular health and disease.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Increasing evidence has proved that microbiota is not only the target of small molecule drugs but also an underexplored resource for developing small molecule drugs. Meanwhile, microbiota as a critical modulator of the immune system impacts the efficacy and toxicity of cancer immunotherapy. Harnessing microbiota or developing microbiota-derived medications provide novel therapeutic strategies to overcome resistance to cancer immunotherapy and immune-related adverse events (irAEs). In this review, we elucidate how microbiota and their metabolites impact anti-tumor immunity and immunotherapy efficacy and highlight the potential of microbiota and their metabolites as a resource for small molecule drug discovery. We further overview the current landscape of clinical trials evaluating the potential effect of microbiota and their metabolites on immunotherapy outcomes, presenting future trends in the field of microbiota-based therapies. Microbiota-based therapies are promising therapeutic options to promote therapeutic efficacy and diminish the toxicity of immunotherapy.
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