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ArticleNature microbiology2026

A clinic-responder-derived defined microbial consortium enhances anti-PD-1 immunotherapy efficacy in mice.

Haiyan Zhou, Ruiming Sun, Xiaoqun Nie, Liliang Xia, Hui Dong, Yujie Liu, Shurui Hou, Wenyue Dong, Xiaokuan Zhu, Yaxian Yao and 4 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  4. A Microbial Lipid-ATP Synthase Axis Fuels NK Cell Antitumor Activity.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  6. Overcoming resistance to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy in cancer.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Haiyan Zhou *State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4339-9184
Ruiming Sun *Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2263-494X
Xiaoqun Nie *State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Liliang Xia *Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Thoracic Tumor Biotherapy, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5877-336X
Hui DongDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Diseases, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7260-5277
Yujie LiuState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Shurui HouCAS-Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-9466-9498
Wenyue DongState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4170-5018
Xiaokuan ZhuShanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Thoracic Tumor Biotherapy, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7730-0314
Yaxian YaoShanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Thoracic Tumor Biotherapy, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-7204-299X
Guo-Ping ZhaoCAS-Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7621-6620
Shun LuShanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Thoracic Tumor Biotherapy, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. shunlu@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8833-7262
Ying WangShanghai Institute of Immunology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. ywangssmu@shsmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1787-0515
Chen YangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. yang.c@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-1447-9617

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31925001National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32230060National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82030045National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82073152National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82241227National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82241228
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeting the gut microbiota is a promising strategy to enhance the efficiency of cancer immunotherapy; however, success has been limited. Here we combined metagenomic analysis and in silico prediction to identify bacterial species associated with immunotherapy response in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. We constructed a defined consortium (RCom) of 15 bacterial species, most of which were isolated from responder patient faeces, associated with improved clinical response to anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) treatment. Metabolic models and in vitro experiments revealed that RCom is a stable and cooperative community, and in vivo experiments showed that RCom engrafts and produces immunomodulatory metabolites. Oral administration of RCom improved the anti-tumour activity of anti-PD-1 by increasing the intratumoural infiltration and cytotoxic function of CD8

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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungGastrointestinal MicrobiomeImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyLung NeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorAnimalsBacteriaCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorFecal Microbiota TransplantationFecesFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptor

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