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Table 5 Abundance of microbiota in patients responding to immunotherapy

From: The human microbiome: redefining cancer pathogenesis and therapy

Cancer

Type of immunotherapy

Abundant microbes in responders

References

Melanoma

Anti-PD-1

Bifidobacterium longum, Collinsella aerofaciens, and Enterococcus faecium

[245]

 

Anti-PD-1

Actinobacteria phylumand theLachnospiraceae/Ruminococcaceaefamilies of Firmicutes

[249]

 

Anti-PD-1

Ruminococcaceae family

[129]

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Anti-PD-1 antibody

Akkermansiamuciniphila and Ruminococcaceae spp.

[250]

Epithelial tumors

Anti-PD-1

Akkermansiamuciniphila

[241]

Colorectal cancer

Regorafenib and Toripalimab

Fusobacteriota and decreased Proteobacteria phylum in non-responders

[251]

Gastrointestinal cancer

Anti-PD-1/PD-L1

Prevotella, Ruminococcaceae, and Lachnospiraceae

[252]

Lung cancer

Anti-PD-1

PD-L1

ICIs

Escherichia, Akkermansia, Shigella, Olsenella, Veillonelladispar, Neisseria, Faecalibacterium

[253,254,255]

 

Anti‐PD‐1 antibodies

Desulfovibrio, Actinomycetales, Bifidobacterium, Odoribacteraceae, Anaerostipes, Rikenellaceae, Faecalibacterium, and Alistipes

[256]

 

Anti‐PD‐1 antibodies

Alistipes putredinis, Bifidobacterium longum, Prevotella copri

[257]

 

PD-1 inhibitor

Enterococcal prophage

[258]

Breast cancer

PD-1, PD-L1, ICIs

Bifidobacterium longum, Collinsela aerofacience

[241, 259]

Gastric cancer

PD-1, PD-L1

Prevotella, Ruminococcacea, Lachnospiracea

[252]

Glioblastoma

Viroimmunotherapy

Bifidobacterium and Akkermansiain treated mice

[260]