Death and the Miser: microbiota regulate the outcome of checkpoint inhibition immunotherapy

Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2019 Oct;19(10):831-834. doi: 10.1080/14737140.2019.1677158. Epub 2019 Oct 12.

Authors

Ger T Rijkers^{1

2}, S Quirine Andriessen¹, Frans J van Overveld¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Science, University College Roosevelt , Middelburg , The Netherlands.
² Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St Elisabeth Hospital , Tilburg , The Netherlands.

PMID: 31592683
DOI: 10.1080/14737140.2019.1677158

No abstract available

Keywords: Checkpoint inhibition therapy; fecal transplant; microbiota; tumor immunology.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Gastrointestinal Microbiome / immunology*
Humans
Immunotherapy / methods*
Neoplasms / immunology
Neoplasms / pathology
Neoplasms / therapy*