Dietary fiber and probiotics influence the gut microbiome and melanoma immunotherapy response

CN Spencer, JL McQuade, V Gopalakrishnan… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Gut bacteria modulate the response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) treatment in
cancer, but the effect of diet and supplements on this interaction is not well studied. We …

Intestinal microbiota signatures of clinical response and immune-related adverse events in melanoma patients treated with anti-PD-1

JA McCulloch, D Davar, RR Rodrigues, JH Badger… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Ample evidence indicates that the gut microbiome is a tumor-extrinsic factor associated with
antitumor response to anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) therapy, but …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiota triggers STING-type I IFN-dependent monocyte reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment

KC Lam, RE Araya, A Huang, Q Chen, M Di Modica… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) influences cancer progression and therapy response.
Therefore, understanding what regulates the TME immune compartment is vital. Here we …

Fecal microbiota transplant overcomes resistance to anti–PD-1 therapy in melanoma patients

D Davar, AK Dzutsev, JA McCulloch, RR Rodrigues… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Anti–programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) therapy provides long-term clinical benefits to
patients with advanced melanoma. The composition of the gut microbiota correlates with anti …

Akkermansia muciniphila mediates negative effects of IFNγ on glucose metabolism

RL Greer, X Dong, ACF Moraes, RA Zielke… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Cross-talk between the gut microbiota and the host immune system regulates host
metabolism, and its dysregulation can cause metabolic disease. Here, we show that the gut …

Transkingdom interactions between Lactobacilli and hepatic mitochondria attenuate western diet-induced diabetes

RR Rodrigues, M Gurung, Z Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Western diet (WD) is one of the major culprits of metabolic disease including type 2 diabetes
(T2D) with gut microbiota playing an important role in modulating effects of the diet. Herein …

Microbiota and adipocyte mitochondrial damage in type 2 diabetes are linked by Mmp12+ macrophages

Z Li, M Gurung, RR Rodrigues, J Padiadpu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Microbiota contribute to the induction of type 2 diabetes by high-fat/high-sugar (HFHS) diet,
but which organs/pathways are impacted by microbiota remain unknown. Using multiorgan …

Microbial community structure and associations during a marine dinoflagellate bloom

J Zhou, ML Richlen, TR Sehein, DM Kulis… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Interactions between microorganisms and algae during bloom events significantly impacts
their physiology, alters ambient chemistry, and shapes ecosystem diversity. The potential …

Reverse enGENEering of regulatory networks from big data: a roadmap for biologists

X Dong, A Yambartsev, SA Ramsey… - … and biology insights, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Omics technologies enable unbiased investigation of biological systems through massively
parallel sequence acquisition or molecular measurements, bringing the life sciences into the …

Reducing gut microbiome-driven adipose tissue inflammation alleviates metabolic syndrome

NK Newman, Y Zhang, J Padiadpu, CL Miranda… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background The gut microbiota contributes to macrophage-mediated inflammation in
adipose tissue with consumption of an obesogenic diet, thus driving the development of …