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SUBMITTER: Elsalem L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7211962 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elsalem Lina L Jum'ah Ahmad A AA Alfaqih Mahmoud A MA Aloudat Osama O
Clinical and experimental gastroenterology 20200506
The microbiota has an essential role in the pathogenesis of many gastrointestinal diseases including cancer. This effect is mediated through different mechanisms such as damaging DNA, activation of oncogenic pathways, production of carcinogenic metabolites, stimulation of chronic inflammation, and inhibition of antitumor immunity. Recently, the concept of "pharmacomicrobiomics" has emerged as a new field concerned with exploring the interplay between drugs and microbes. Mounting evidence indicat ...[more]