New Publication Hadjigeorgiou A.G., et al. 2025 Cancer Res

The gut microbiome has emerged as a key regulator of response to cancer immunotherapy. However, a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms by which the microbiome influences immunotherapy is needed to identify strategies to optimize outcomes. To this end, we developed a mathematical model to obtain insights into the effect of the microbiome on the immune system and immunotherapy response. This model was based on i) gut microbiome data derived from preclinical studies, ii) mathematical modeling of the antitumor immune response, iii) association analysis of microbiome profiles with model-predicted immune profiles, and iv) statistical models that correlate model parameters with the microbiome. The model was used to investigate the complexity of murine and human studies on microbiome modulation. Read more