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The Roles of the Virome in Cancer
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: Received: 31 October 2021 / Approved: 3 November 2021 / Online: 3 November 2021 (14:30:14 CET)
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Broecker, F.; Moelling, K. The Roles of the Virome in Cancer. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 2538. Broecker, F.; Moelling, K. The Roles of the Virome in Cancer. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 2538.
Abstract
Viral infections as well as changes in the composition of the intestinal microbiota and virome have been linked to cancer. Moreover, the success of cancer immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors has been correlated with the intestinal microbial composition of patients. The transfer of feces – which contains mainly bacteria and their viruses (phages) – from immunotherapy responders to non-responders, known as fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), has been shown to be able convert some non-responders to responders. Since phages may also increase the response to immunotherapy, for example by inducing T cells cross-reacting with cancer antigens, modulating phage populations may provide a new avenue to improve immunotherapy responsiveness. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on the human virome and its links to cancer, and discuss the potential utility of bacteriophages in increasing the responder rate for cancer immunotherapy.
Keywords
virome; microbiota; cancer; bacteriophages; fecal microbiota transplantation; checkpoint inhibitors; immunotherapy
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Virology
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