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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Gut microbiota-derived metabolites in immunomodulation and gastrointestinal cancer immunotherapy.

Wenbin Luo, Ruoyun Li, Chaofan Pan, Changjiang Luo

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Microbiome-guided cancer immunotherapy: immune mechanisms, resistance pathways, and translational opportunities for precision oncology.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  6. Microbiome and cancer immunotherapy: a bibliometric analysis.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2026
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  14. Programming the tumor microenvironment through microbiome-driven mechanisms.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Wenbin LuoThe Second Clinical Medical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Ruoyun LiThe Second Clinical Medical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Chaofan PanThe Second Clinical Medical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Changjiang LuoDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gut microbiota-derived metabolites have emerged as critical mediators linking microbial composition with immune regulation and tumor progression in gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. This review highlights four major classes of metabolites: short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), bile acids, tryptophan derivatives, and several emerging metabolites such as inosine, trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), and urolithin A. These metabolites exert context-dependent effects by modulating innate and adaptive immune cells, shaping the tumor microenvironment, and influencing inflammatory and epigenetic pathways. Importantly, their immunoregulatory effects are not confined to the intestinal milieu but can extend systemically through both cellular and chemical routes. SCFAs and urolithin A enhance epithelial barrier integrity and CD8

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeGastrointestinal NeoplasmsImmunomodulationImmunotherapyAnimalsBile Acids and SaltsFatty Acids, VolatileHumansTryptophanTumor MicroenvironmentBile Acids and SaltsFatty Acids, VolatileTryptophanbile acidsepigeneticimmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICBs)metabolic reprogrammingshort-chain fatty acids (SCFAs)tryptophan derivativestumor immune microenvironment (TIME)

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PMID41357193
PMCPMC12678330

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