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ReviewMolecular cancer2025

Gut microbiota reshaping the pancreatic cancer immune microenvironment: new avenues for immunotherapy.

Shi-Hang Zheng, Ke-Zhu Li, Ge Feng, Yu-Tong Wang, Jia-Ning Wang, Shu-Qiang Li, Ying-Dong Sun

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Shi-Hang Zheng *Department of Gastroenterology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110022, China.
Ke-Zhu Li *Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, China.
Ge Feng *Department of Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110022, China.
Yu-Tong WangDepartment of Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110022, China.
Jia-Ning WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, No. 36 Sanhao Street, Shenyang, 110004, China. wangjianing05@hotmail.com.
Shu-Qiang LiDepartment of Hepatobiliary & Organ Transplantation Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, No. 39 Huaxiang Road, Shenyang, 110022, China. lishuqiang@cmu.edu.cn.
Ying-Dong SunDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, No. 39 Huaxiang Road, Shenyang, 110022, China. ydsun@cmu.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer remains one of the deadliest malignancies, primarily due to its highly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) and poor response to conventional therapies. Increasing evidence highlights the gut microbiota as a pivotal regulator of antitumor immunity, modulating T cell activation, macrophage polarization, and dendritic cell function. Microbial communities and their metabolites can either inhibit or enhance immune surveillance, thereby influencing the efficacy of immunotherapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and CAR-T cell therapy. Approaches including dietary modulation, probiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), and microbial metabolite supplementation show promise in restoring immune homeostasis and improving treatment outcomes. Additionally, gut microbiome profiling has emerged as a potential source of biomarkers for predicting therapeutic response and immune-related adverse events. This review summarizes current insights into microbiota-immune interactions in pancreatic cancer, emphasizes microbiome-targeted therapeutic strategies, and explores future opportunities for precision immunotherapy guided by microbial modulation.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeImmunotherapyPancreatic NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsFecal Microbiota TransplantationHumansBiomarkersGut microbiotaImmunotherapyPancreatic cancerProbioticsTumor microenvironment

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PMID41469665
PMCPMC12755029

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