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Gut Microbiota and Ferroptosis in Colorectal Cancer: A Comprehensive Review of Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies to Overcome Immune Checkpoint Resistance.

Yingchang Cai, Feng Zhao, Xiaofei Cheng

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Review in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yingchang CaiDepartment of Anorectal Surgery, The Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People's Hospital, Quzhou 324003, China.
Feng ZhaoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4441-9992
Xiaofei ChengDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3336-0996

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Although immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have achieved striking clinical efficacy in the subset of CRCs with mismatch repair deficiency/high microsatellite instability (dMMR/MSI-H), the vast majority of patients-those with proficient mismatch repair/microsatellite-stable (pMMR/MSS) tumors-derive little benefit from current immunotherapies. Ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death driven by lethal accumulation of lipid peroxides, has emerged as a promising antitumor mechanism that can interact with and modulate antitumor immunity. Concurrently, the gut microbiota exerts powerful control over host metabolism and immune tone through microbial community structure and metabolite production; accumulating evidence indicates that microbiota-derived factors can either sensitize tumors to ferroptosis (for example, via short-chain fatty acids) or confer resistance (for example, indole-3-acrylic acid produced by

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Colorectal NeoplasmsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFerroptosisGastrointestinal MicrobiomeImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsAnimalsHumansImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorscolorectal cancerferroptosisgut microbiotaimmunotherapy resistancemicrobial metabolites

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PMID41301464
PMCPMC12650105

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