Kentaro Jingushi, Atsunari Kawashima, Takuro Saito, Takayuki Kanazawa, Daisuke Motooka, Tomonori Kimura, Masashi Mita, Akinaru Yamamoto, Toshihiro Uemura, Gaku Yamamichi, Koichi Okada, Eisuke Tomiyama, Yoko Koh, Makoto Matsushita, Taigo Kato, Koji Hatano, Motohide Uemura, Kazutake Tsujikawa, Hisashi Wada, Norio Nonomura
Bacterial flora has clinical significance for the host. The metabolic environment created by this flora influences immunotherapy in urothelial carcinoma. However, there are no reports on the clinical significance of bacterial flora in the host bloodstream. We aimed to clarify the correlation between extracellular vesicle (EV)-derived blood microflora information and tumor immunological status in urothelial carcinoma (UC) patients. Serum samples were collected from 20 healthy donors, 50 patients with localized UC, and 31 patients with metastatic UC (mUC) who had undergone pembrolizumab treatment...
May 22, 2022: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy: CII