Gut microbial metabolites facilitate anticancer therapy

March 30, 2021

A study led by Chinese scientists at Tsinghua University in Beijing has demonstrated that the gut microbial metabolite butyrate can directly modulate the antitumor CD8 "killer" T-cell response and improve chemotherapy efficacy through ID2-dependent IL-12 signaling.

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