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Erschienen in: Tumor Biology 3/2016

30.12.2015 | Review

Fusobacterium nucleatum, inflammation, and immunity: the fire within human gut

verfasst von: Arif Bashir, Abid Yousuf Miskeen, Younis Mohammad Hazari, Syed Asrafuzzaman, Khalid Majid Fazili

Erschienen in: Tumor Biology | Ausgabe 3/2016

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Abstract

Fusobacterium nucleatum is an identified proinflammatory autochthonous bacterium implicated in human colorectal cancer. It is also abundantly found in patients suffering from chronic gut inflammation (inflammatory bowel disease), consequently contributing to the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer. Majority of the studies have reported that colorectal tumors/colorectal adenocarcinomas are highly enriched with F. nucleatum compared to noninvolved adjacent colonic tissue. During the course of multistep development of colorectal cancer, tumors have evolved many mechanisms to resist the antitumor immune response. One of such favorite ploy is providing access to pathogenic bacteria, especially F. nucleatum in the colorectal tumor microenvironment, wherein both (colorectal tumors and F. nucleatum) exert profound effect on each other, consequently attracting tumor-permissive myeloid-derived suppressor cells, suppressing cytotoxic CD8+ T cells and inhibiting NK cell-mediated cancer cell killing. In this review, we have primarily focused on how this bug modulates the immune response, consequently rendering the antitumor immune cells inactive.
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Metadaten
Titel
Fusobacterium nucleatum, inflammation, and immunity: the fire within human gut
verfasst von
Arif Bashir
Abid Yousuf Miskeen
Younis Mohammad Hazari
Syed Asrafuzzaman
Khalid Majid Fazili
Publikationsdatum
30.12.2015
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Tumor Biology / Ausgabe 3/2016
Print ISSN: 1010-4283
Elektronische ISSN: 1423-0380
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13277-015-4724-0

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