Intestinal microbiome analyses identify melanoma patients at risk for checkpoint-blockade-induced colitis

Intestinal microbiome analyses identify melanoma patients at risk for checkpoint-blockade-induced colitis

A subset of cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint blockade develops colitis. Here the authors show that lower abundance of Bacteroidetes and vitamin B biosynthetic modules in fecal samples of melanoma patients can predict their susceptibility to colitis following anti-CTLA-4 treatment.

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Main Authors: Krista Dubin, Margaret K. Callahan, Boyu Ren, Raya Khanin, Agnes Viale, Lilan Ling, Daniel No, Asia Gobourne, Eric Littmann, Curtis Huttenhower, Eric G. Pamer, Jedd D. Wolchok
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4fd307aaea2d42b5882a076b1df4053e
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