The Relationship Between Microbial Community and Breast Cancer

Xuelian Song; Changran Wei; Xiangqi Li

doi:10.3389/fcimb.2022.849022

The Relationship Between Microbial Community and Breast Cancer

Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022 Jun 16:12:849022. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.849022. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Xuelian Song¹, Changran Wei², Xiangqi Li³

Affiliations

¹ Department of The Graduate Student, Shandong First Medical University, Tai'an, China.
² Department of The First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
³ Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Tai'an, China.

Abstract

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide. Recent research studies have shown that the intestinal flora is related to the occurrence and progression of BC. Notably, some evidence identifies a unique microbial community in breast tissue, a site previously thought to be sterile. In addition, breast tumors have their own specific microbial community, distinct from normal mammary gland tissue, and all of them may result from intestinal flora. Some microbial community in breast tissue may lead to the occurrence and development of BC. This review focuses on the relationship between the microbial community and breast cancer, which will lay a solid theoretical foundation for further understanding the local microenvironment of BC and developing effective targeted therapeutic drugs.

Keywords: breast cancer; immunity; local microenvironment; microbial community; relationship.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms* / pathology
Female
Humans
Microbiota*
Tumor Microenvironment