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ArticleiScience2025

Enriched pathways in gut microbiome predict response to immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment across demographic regions and various cancer types.

Xunhui Cai, Jennifer Y Cho, Lijun Chen, Yufeng Liu, Fenghu Ji, Katia Salgado, Siyi Ge, Dehua Yang, Hui Yu, Jianbo Shao and 10 more

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Article in iScience, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Xunhui CaiInstitute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Jennifer Y ChoDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
Lijun ChenInstitute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yufeng LiuSchool of Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Fenghu JiSchool of Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Katia SalgadoDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
Siyi GeDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
Dehua YangThe National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Hui YuClinical Laboratory, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Wuhan, China.
Jianbo ShaoClinical Laboratory, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Wuhan, China.
P Andrew FutrealDepartment of Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Boris SepesiDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Don GibbonsThoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Yaobing ChenInstitute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Guoping WangInstitute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Chao ChengDepartment of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Meng WuDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jianjun ZhangDepartment of Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Ansel HsiaoDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
Tian XiaInstitute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Funding

Vibrio cholerae antinitrosative stress defenses and gut microbiome interactionR01AI157106 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HSIAO, ANSEL, ZHU, JUN · 2020 to 2024
$4.0M
Gut microbiome-mediated small-molecule signaling and resistance to invading microorganismsR35GM124724 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI HSIAO, ANSEL · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI157106NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124724
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the effect of gut microbiota function on immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) responses is urgently needed. Here, we integrated 821 fecal metagenomes from 12 datasets to identify differentially abundant genes and construct random forest models to predict ICI response. Gene markers demonstrated excellent predictive performance, with an average area under the curve (AUC) of 0.810. Pathway analyses revealed that quorum sensing (QS), ABC transporters, flagellar assembly, and amino acid biosynthesis pathways were enriched between responders (R) and non-responders (NRs) across 12 datasets. Furthermore,

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PMCPMC11937697

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