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ArticleDiscover oncology2024

Intratumoral microbiota of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma impact patient prognosis by influencing tumor microenvironment.

Jingze Leng, Hengyi Xu, Xiaoyu Liu, Yufan Yang, Chun Ning, Lejia Sun, Jiangming Qu, Xindi Ke, Xun Lan

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Article in Discover oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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  9. Programmable immunoprobiotics orchestrate antitumor immune response with Pin1 inhibition for pancreatic cancer treatment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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9 authors.

Jingze Leng *School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Hengyi Xu *School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Xiaoyu Liu *School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Yufan YangSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Chun NingPeking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China.
Lejia SunDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Jiangming QuPeking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China. 18813129982@163.com.
Xindi KePeking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China. nineteenhundred1900@hotmail.com.
Xun LanSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. xlan@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.

Funding

Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation No. Z19J00085China Postdoctoral Science Foundation No.2023T160328
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by a highly metastatic potential and a heterogeneous tumor microenvironment. It exhibits limited sensitivity to conventional therapies, necessitating a deeper understanding of its pathogenesis. The role of the intratumoral microbiome in regulating cancer development in PDAC has been the subject of debate. Previous investigations into intra-tumor microbiomes have yielded uncertain results due to sample size limitations and insufficient decontamination procedures. Further research is imperative to elucidate the intricate relationship between intra-tumor microbiomes, the immune landscape of PDAC, and overall prognosis.

resultsOur findings revealed that the intratumor microbiota in PDAC tissue exhibited lower diversity and distinct communities compared to non-tumor tissues. The top microorganisms distinguishing between patients with long or short survival were used to construct the risk signature. We found that Stenotrophomonas is implicated in short survival of PDAC patients, while Neorickettia and Mediterraneibacter are correlated with long survival. This microbiome-based PDAC subtyping, grounded in prognosis-related signatures, exhibited significant correlations with distinct clinical prognoses and immune microenvironments. Microorganisms associated with negative prognoses were linked to pro-tumor immune activation, while those associated with positive prognoses were linked to anti-tumor immune response activation and a more favorable prognosis.

conclusionsOur PDAC subtyping approach, based on a microbiome-derived prognostic risk signature, unveiled compelling associations between the PDAC microbiota and disparities in both clinical prognosis and the tumor microenvironment. These findings suggest that microbiota may serve as a promising biomarker for predicting the prognosis of PDAC.

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BiomarkersPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaTumor immune microenvironmentTumor microbiota

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PMID39271584
PMCPMC11399525

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