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The role of the gut microbiota in gastric cancer: the immunoregulation and immunotherapy

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Front. Immunol., 2023, 14
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Glutamine attenuates bisphenol A-induced intestinal inflammation by regulating gut microbiota and TLR4-p38/MAPK-NF-κB pathway in piglets

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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2024, 270, 115836
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Bacteria-based immunotherapy for cancer: a systematic review of preclinical studies

Min Zhou, Yucheng Tang, Wenjie Xu, Xinyan Hao, Yongjiang Li, Si Huang, Daxiong Xiang and Junyong Wu

Front. Immunol., 2023, 14
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Beyond the tumor: the gut microbiome as a key player in immunotherapy efficacy and resistance

Yuemei Zhao, Weidong Liu and Yuehong Hu

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol, 2025
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Modulation of gut microbiota: a novel approach to enhancing the effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors

Jinglong Huang, Caifeng Gong and Aiping Zhou

Ther Adv Med Oncol, 2023, 15
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The impact of the gut microbiome on tumor immunotherapy: from mechanism to application strategies

Ciliang Guo, Lingkai Kong, Lingjun Xiao, Kua Liu, Huawei Cui, Qilei Xin, Xiaosong Gu, Chunping Jiang and Junhua Wu

Cell Biosci, 2023, 13
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Gut virome profiling identifies an association between temperate phages and colorectal cancer promoted by Helicobacter pylori infection

Shiqi Luo, Jinlong Ru, Mohammadali Khan Mirzaei, Jinling Xue, Xue Peng, Anna Ralser, Raquel Mejías-Luque, Markus Gerhard and Li Deng

Gut Microbes, 2023, 15
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Potential Antitumor Effect of Functional Yogurts Formulated with Prebiotics from Cereals and a Consortium of Probiotic Bacteria

Alexandru Ciric, Nicoleta Radu, Marilena Gabriela Olteanu Zaharie, Georgeta Neagu, Lucia Camelia Pirvu, Mihaela Begea and Amalia Stefaniu

Foods, 2023, 12, 1250
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Gut dysbiosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapeutic implications

Jie Fang, Chen-Huan Yu, Xue-Jian Li, Jin-Mei Yao, Zheng-Yu Fang, Soo-Hyun Yoon and Wen-Ying Yu

Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol., 2022, 12
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Amelioration Effect of Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens ZW3 on Ovalbumin-Induced Allergic Symptoms in BALB/c Mice

Hanxue Xu, Xiaowei Duan, Yanping Wang and Weitao Geng

Foods, 2024, 14, 16
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Metagenomic features of Tibetan kefir grains and its metabolomics analysis during fermentation

Yuanyuan Cui, Xin Wang, Yuan Yue, Gengan Du, Hong Chen, Mengge Ning, Yahong Yuan and Tianli Yue

LWT, 2023, 175, 114502
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Characterization of the gut microbiota and fecal metabolome in the osteosarcoma mouse model

Yuan Li, Xiaochen Qiao, Yi Feng, Ruhao Zhou, Kun Zhang, Yongchun Pan, Ting Yan, Lei Yan, Sen Yang, Xiaochun Wei, Pengcui Li, Chaojian Xu, Zhi Lv and Zhi Tian

Aging, 2024, 16, 10841
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Advances and mechanisms of gut microbiota modulation in enhancing immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy

Li Chen, Baoyi Li, Menghang Zu, Rui L. Reis, Subhas C. Kundu and Bo Xiao

Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2025, 114, 150
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Modulating gut microbiome in cancer immunotherapy: Harnessing microbes to enhance treatment efficacy

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Effects of Probiotics on Gut Microbiota: An Overview

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IJMS, 2024, 25, 6022
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Pasteurized Akkermansia muciniphila mitigates 5-FU-induced intestinal mucositis in tumor-bearing mice through suppression of the cGAS-STING pathway and epithelial cell apoptosis

Yue Teng, Jiahui Li, Chunhong Yan, Ailing Wang, Xiaomeng Ren and Xiaodong Xia

Food Bioscience, 2024, 61, 104605
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Microbiome bacterial influencers of host immunity and response to immunotherapy

Yeganeh Yousefi, Kelly J. Baines and Saman Maleki Vareki

Cell Reports Medicine, 2024, 5, 101487
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Dietary supplementation of α-linolenic acid-rich flaxseed oil enhances anti-PD-1 protection against orthotopic hepatocellular carcinoma by reshaping gut homeostasis and improving anti-tumor immunity via gut-liver axis in mice

Jian Liu, Yiwei Li, Wenke Shen, Ting Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Junbai Ma, Xiaoxu Zhang, Ting Li, Wenyan Tian, Xiaolong Ma, Lina Zhang, Ke Li, Ming Li, Xiaoxia Zhang, Qing Liu and Hao Wang

Journal of Functional Foods, 2024, 116, 106157
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The gut microbiome modulate response to immunotherapy in cancer

Shan-Shan Jiang, Zi-Ran Kang, Ying-Xuan Chen and Jing-Yuan Fang

Sci. China Life Sci., 2025, 68, 381
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Nutritional Characteristics, Health Impact, and Applications of Kefir

Oladayo Emmanuel Apalowo, Grace Adeola Adegoye, Teresia Mbogori, Jayanthi Kandiah and Tolulope Mobolaji Obuotor

Foods, 2024, 13, 1026
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The close association of Muribaculum and PA (10:0/a-17:0) with the occurrence of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and immunotherapy

Enzhao Wang, Kuiwu Ren, Xiangyu Wang, Sen Du, Xiang Gao, Wang Niu, Chenyue Guan, Xue Liu, Panpan Wu, Chunlong Liu, Jiangtao Yu and Kun Song

Front. Immunol., 2024, 15
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Immunoenhancing Effect of Lactobacillus Kefiranofaciens ZW18 Postbiotic On Cyclophosphamide-induced Immunosuppressed Mice

Hanxue Xu, Xinyuan Li, Weitao Geng, Longgang Jia, Yanping Wang and Jinju Wang

Probiotics & Antimicro. Prot., 2025
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Probiotics for the treatment of ulcerative colitis: a review of experimental research from 2018 to 2022

Cuilan Huang, Wujuan Hao, Xuyang Wang, Renmin Zhou and Qiong Lin

Front. Microbiol., 2023, 14
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