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ReviewDrug discovery today2025

Strategic modulation of the gastrointestinal microbiome to enhance pancreatic cancer immunotherapy.

Satveer Jagwani, Laura Musumeci, Lizbeth Flores, Gerardo G Mackenzie, Mansoor M Amiji

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Review in Drug discovery today, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Special Issue "Gut Microbiota in Disease Mechanisms and Therapy 3.0".International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Application and prospects of fecal microbiota transplantation in cancer therapy.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Satveer JagwaniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Laura MusumeciDepartment of Nutrition, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Lizbeth FloresDepartment of Nutrition, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Gerardo G MackenzieDepartment of Nutrition, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Mansoor M AmijiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: m.amiji@northeastern.edu.

Funding

TGX-1214 - Combination Strategy for the Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic CancerR01CA269233 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Mansoor M. Amiji, James E Egan · 2023 to 2026
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA269233
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer (PC) remains one of the most lethal malignancies, characterized by aggressive progression, late detection, and limited response to current therapies. Recent research has revealed that the gastrointestinal and intratumoral microbiomes are key modulators of immune regulation, metabolism, and epigenetic pathways, influencing tumor progression and therapeutic efficacy. This review summarizes the complex microbiome-PC interplay, emphasizing microbial modulation of inflammation, immunity, and treatment resistance. We also highlight microbiome-targeted strategies, such as probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotics, and fecal microbiota transplantation, along with advanced drug-delivery platforms - including nanoparticles, engineered bacteria, and stimuli-responsive systems - for precise microbiome modulation. Integrating microbiome science with immunotherapy, nanotechnology, and epigenetic reprogramming offers promising opportunities to improve outcomes in PC.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeImmunotherapyPancreatic NeoplasmsAnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsFecal Microbiota TransplantationHumansProbioticsdietary modificationsdrug deliveryfecal microbiota transplantationgastrointestinal microbiomeimmunotherapypancreatic cancer

Identifiers

PMID41203044
PMCPMC12875293

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