Of Microbes and Microsatellites

Chloe E Atreya; Alan P Venook

doi:10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-18-0567

Of Microbes and Microsatellites

Cancer Immunol Res. 2018 Nov;6(11):1290-1291. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-18-0567.

Authors

Chloe E Atreya¹, Alan P Venook²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. chloe.atreya@ucsf.edu.
² Department of Medicine and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

PMID: 30389718
DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-18-0567

Abstract

A ubiquitous oral cavity microbe, Fusobacterium nucleatum, is increasingly being implicated in colorectal cancer pathogenesis. An article in this issue elucidates the differential association of F. nucleatum with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes depending on microsatellite instability status. Cancer Immunol Res; 6(11); 1290-1. ©2018 AACR See article by Hamada et al., p. 1327.

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MeSH terms

Colorectal Neoplasms / genetics*
Fusobacterium nucleatum / genetics
Humans
Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
Microsatellite Instability*
Microsatellite Repeats

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