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Understanding microbiota-driven oncogenesis: The role of metabolites in tumorigenesis.

Sadeeq Ullah, Chunyan Wu, Xiao Zou, Yangqing Zhong, Aftab Ahmad, Amin Ullah Jan, Yanguang Cong, Yong Chen, Lu Li

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Review in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sadeeq UllahGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics, The First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital, School of Medical Technology, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China.
Chunyan WuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics, The First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital, School of Medical Technology, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China.
Xiao ZouGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics, The First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital, School of Medical Technology, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China.
Yangqing ZhongGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics, The First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital, School of Medical Technology, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China.
Aftab AhmadState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
Amin Ullah JanDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal, Dir Upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 18000, Pakistan.
Yanguang CongGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics, The First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital, School of Medical Technology, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China.
Yong ChenDepartment of Medical Laboratory, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Seventh People's Hospital, Chengdu 610231, China.
Lu LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics, The First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital, School of Medical Technology, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota profoundly influence human health through its composition and metabolic activity, which are shaped by diet and host factors. Disruption of this equilibrium, known as dysbiosis, has been implicated in cancer development. Microbial metabolites act as key mediators connecting the gut microbiome to tumor progression by altering the tumor microenvironment and modulating signaling pathways in tumor and immune cells. This review examines the mechanistic links between the gut microbiota, its metabolites, and tumorigenesis, emphasizing how microbial metabolism of host- and diet-derived compounds affects oncogenic and genotoxic processes in colorectal cancer (CRC). It also explores how dietary and host factors modulate microbial composition and function, influencing cancer susceptibility. Understanding these interconnected processes provides conceptual insight into the microbiota-cancer axis and highlights opportunities for microbiome-targeted interventions in cancer prevention and therapy.

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cancermicrobial metabolismmicrobiome

Identifiers

PMID41333317
PMCPMC12666704

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