1. Bacteria, inflammation and cancer.
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Pollard, Jeffrey
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ANIMALS ,BACTERIAL diseases ,CELLULAR immunity ,INFLAMMATION ,MICE ,TUMORS - Abstract
The article discusses a study by T. Enzler which provides unexpected insights into the role of the immune system in promoting or inhibiting tumour development. They suggest that the immune system rather than deleting nascent tumour cells, keeps the microbiome in balance so that pathogenic bacteria do not become dominant and cause persistent cancer-causing inflammation. They show that the function of immunosurveillance with respect to cancer initiation is to restrain pathogenic organisms.
- Published
- 2015
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