Understanding the role of the gut microbiome in gastrointestinal cancer: A review

D Ağagündüz, E Cocozza, Ö Cemali… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Gastrointestinal cancer represents one of the most diagnosed types of cancer. Cancer is a
genetic and multifactorial disease, influenced by the host and environmental factors. It has …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiome and anticancer immunosurveillance

L Zitvogel, M Ayyoub, B Routy, G Kroemer - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Anticancer immune responses can be considered a desirable form of autoimmunity that may
be profoundly shaped by the microbiome. Here, we discuss evidence for the microbiome's …

Targeting MHC-I molecules for cancer: function, mechanism, and therapeutic prospects

X Wu, T Li, R Jiang, X Yang, H Guo, R Yang - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
The molecules of Major histocompatibility class I (MHC-I) load peptides and present them on
the cell surface, which provided the immune system with the signal to detect and eliminate …

Long-term reprogramming of the innate immune system

J Dominguez-Andres, MG Netea - Journal of leukocyte biology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
During the last few years, a growing body of evidence has shown that immunological
memory is not an exclusive trait of lymphocytes, as many inflammatory insults can alter the …

BMP4 induces M2 macrophage polarization and favors tumor progression in bladder cancer

VG Martínez, C Rubio, M Martínez-Fernández… - Clinical Cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Purpose: Bladder cancer is a current clinical and social problem. At diagnosis, most patients
present with nonmuscle-invasive tumors, characterized by a high recurrence rate, which …

TLR4-based immunotherapeutics in cancer: a review of the achievements and shortcomings

MA Shetab Boushehri, A Lamprecht - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2018 - ACS Publications
Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR4) agonists have had a long journey in the field of cancer
immunotherapy. Nevertheless, despite the remarkable number of the TLR4 ligands that …

Human gut microbiota in health and selected cancers

A Sędzikowska, L Szablewski - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The majority of the epithelial surfaces of our body, and the digestive tract, respiratory and
urogenital systems, are colonized by a vast number of bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoans …

[HTML][HTML] The use of intravesical BCG in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder

O Alhunaidi, AR Zlotta - Ecancermedicalscience, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The high recurrence and progression rates of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC)
have led investigators to study the use of intravesical therapy in order to prevent them …

Tangeretin: A mechanistic review of its pharmacological and therapeutic effects

M Ashrafizadeh, Z Ahmadi… - Journal of basic and …, 2020 - degruyter.com
To date, a large number of synthetic drugs have been developed for the treatment and
prevention of different disorders, such as neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes mellitus …

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG): Its fight against pathogens and cancer

JP Sfakianos, B Salome, J Daza, A Farkas… - … Oncology: Seminars and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is the only FDA approved first line therapy for
patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. Since the turn of the 20th century BCG has …