Interplay between gut microbiota and host immunity in cancer. (IMAGE)

First Hospital of Jilin University

Interplay between gut microbiota and host immunity in cancer.

Caption

Different microbes interact with host immune cells in the development of CRC, HCC and melanoma. Some of these interactions are pro-tumourigenic (labelled in red), while the others are against cancer progression (labelled in blue). CRC, colorectal cancer; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; MDSCs, myeloid-derived suppressor cells; NKT, natural killer T cells.

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by Harry Cheuk Hay Lau, Xiang Zhang and Jun Yu

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