ArticleClinical and translational medicine2023
Intratumoural microbiome can predict the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery.
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- The gut-liver axis: exploring microbial dysbiosis and specific biomarkers in hepatocellular carcinoma.AMB Express · 2026Article
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- Comprehensive analysis and therapeutic implications of prognostic value of circadian rhythm genes in hepatocellular carcinoma.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2026Article
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- Intratumoral microbiota and metabolites: dual roles in cancer progression and therapeutic opportunities.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Review
- The intratumoral microbiome: a review of the tumor microenvironment's fourth axis shaping anti-tumor immunity, cancer prognosis, and therapeutic response.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe dismal prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is closely associated with characteristics of the tumour microenvironment (TME). Recent studies have confirmed the presence and potential influence of the microbiome in TME on cancer progression. Elucidating the relationship between microbes in the TME and cancer could provide valuable insights into novel diagnostic markers and therapeutic strategies for HCC and thus warrants a closer investigation of the role of intratumoural microbiome in the HCC TME.
methodsWe determined the presence of intratumoural microbiome using fluorescence in situ hybridisation, and explored the microbial community profiles in the HCC TME in paired tumour and adjacent normal tissues using 16S rDNA sequencing. Microbial signatures were characterised in the paired group, and their correlation with clinical characteristics was further investigated. We clustered the microbial signatures of tumour tissues by hepatotypes, and further analysis was performed to elucidate the independent prognostic value of the hepatotypes.
resultsThis study revealed that microbial profiles and community networks differed notably between tumours and adjacent normal tissues. Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria were the most abundant phyla in the HCC TME. The TME microbial profiles also revealed heterogeneities between individuals and between multiple tumour lesions. Clustering of the microbial profiles into two hepatotypes revealed different microbial network patterns. Additionally, the hepatotypes were revealed to be independent prognostic factors in patients with resected HCC.
conclusionsOur study illuminates the microbial profiles in the TME of HCC and presents the hepatotype as a potential independent biomarker for the prognostic prediction of HCC after surgery.
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