Gut microbiome as a tumor promoter and tumor suppressor
Twinkle Yadav,
Raghav Syal,
Charu Tripathi
Abstract:The human microbiome is the aggregate of all the microbiota that reside on and within the human body. They have the ability to affect the homeostasis of the host body and change its pathology by the production of various metabolites. There is complex crosstalk occurring between the gut microbiome and the host through the gut-brain axis. Gut microbiome plays a dual role in cancer by promoting as well as by inhibiting tumor formation. Tumor formation may be initiated by the release of certain metabolites which c… Show more
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