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ReviewTrends in cancer2026

Microbiome: a driver of pancreatic inflammation and tumorigenesis.

Aftab Alam, Shyamananda Singh Mayengbam, Sharon Senchanthisai, Elif Irmak Bektas, Prasenjit Dey

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Aftab AlamDepartment of Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
Shyamananda Singh MayengbamDepartment of Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
Sharon SenchanthisaiDepartment of Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
Elif Irmak BektasDepartment of Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
Prasenjit DeyDepartment of Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA. Electronic address: prasenjit.dey@roswellpark.org.

Funding

Two-Spirit Films in Indigenous Cancer HealthP30CA016056 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI CANDACE S JOHNSON · 1985 to 2026
$116.6M
MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TUMOR IMMUNOLOGYT32CA085183 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI Scott I. Abrams · 2001 to 2026
$3.1M
Role of type 2 immune response in pancreatic cancer tumorigenesisR01CA262822 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI DEY, PRASENJIT · 2021 to 2025
$2.2M
Targeting Malic Enzyme 3 as a Synthetic Lethality Target in Pancreatic CancerR00CA218891 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI DEY, PRASENJIT · 2019 to 2021
$747k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016056NCI NIH HHS R00 CA218891NCI NIH HHS R01 CA262822NCI NIH HHS T32 CA085183
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human microbiome plays a crucial role in regulating various physiological processes, including immune responses, inflammation, gut permeability, and overall homeostasis. Recent studies have identified bacterial and fungal components in the tumor microenvironment of multiple malignancies, including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). These intratumoral microbiomes drive tumorigenesis by activating oncogenic signaling cascades and reprogramming both innate and adaptive immune responses, ultimately establishing a protumorigenic niche. In this review, we highlight the advances, limitations, and challenges of studying the intratumoral microbiome and its cellular products in PDAC tumorigenesis, with a specific focus on their modulation of the immune axis. Finally, we evaluate existing and emerging therapeutic strategies, including microbiome-targeted drugs, antibiotics, probiotics, and engineered microbes, to disrupt protumorigenic microbial influences and improve clinical outcomes.

Indexed as

CarcinogenesisCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMicrobiotaPancreatic NeoplasmsPancreatitisAnimalsCell Transformation, NeoplasticHumansProbioticsTumor Microenvironmentgut and intratumoral microbiomemicrobial migrationpancreatic diseasestherapeutic strategy

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PMID42128724
PMCPMC13178113

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