Characterization of tumor-infiltrating immune cells in relation to microbiota in colorectal cancers.
Tomohiro KikuchiKousaku MimuraMai AshizawaHirokazu OkayamaEisei EndoKatsuharu SaitoWataru SakamotoShotaro FujitaHisahito EndoMotonobu SaitoTomoyuki MommaZenichiro SazeShinji OhkiKazunori ShimadaKiyoshi YoshimuraTakuya TsunodaKoji KonoPublished in: Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII (2019)
The findings of the present study indicate that immune responses to tumors are suppressed in the tumor microenvironment of CRC depending on the increment of Tregs and the reduction of M1 TAMs and that intestinal microbiota might be involved in immunosuppression.
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