Microbiome and Cancer Immunotherapy
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 5833
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbiome; immunology; immunotherapy; melanoma; colorectal cancer; tumor microenvironment; immune metabolism
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: microbiology; systems biology; biomaterials engineering; biological system engineering; biomechanical engineering; other (bio)medical engineering; environmental engineering and biotechnology; industrial biotechnology; other biotechnology; bio-engineering and biosystem engineering; immunology; laboratory medicine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Immunotherapy realized the long-chased objective of full remission and overall improvement in relapse-free survival rates in certain types of cancer patients - sometimes close to what could be considered as a cure. However, a large number of tumors still remain refractory and, even in conditions showing positive clinical outcomes, responses often lack consistency and secondary toxicities limit a substantial portion of patients from benefitting from the intervention. In this regard, the clinical relevance of the immunomodulatory role of the microbiome has emerged both as solid predictor of response and as an actionable target to improve efficacy and/or reduce toxicities. Despite the fact that the link between the microbiome, cancer and response to cancer therapy has come to the fore only in the last decade, the origin of cancer immunotherapy lies in the initial observations of unexpected tumor remission following infection with pathogens.
For this Special issue, we invite you to submit research articles, review articles and short communications about the influence of the microbiome on immunotherapy, including the interactions of microbial antigens and metabolites with the host’s immune system, the modulation of microbial communities to improve clinical outcomes and the design of innovative interventions based on microbiome manipulation. As Guest Editors of this Special Issue, we look forward to reviewing your submissions and, together, defining the present state of the science.
Dr. Luigi Nezi
Dr. Marìe Joossens
Dr. Lepage Patricia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metagenomics
- metatranscriptomics
- microbiome-host metabolic interactions
- fecal microbiome transplantation
- microbiome manipulation
- microbial antigens
- microbial metabolism
- antigen mimicry
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