Gut commensal bacteria enhance pathogenesis of a tumorigenic murine retrovirus
J. Spring, S. Lara, A. A. Khan, K. O'Grady, J. Wilks, S. Gurbuxani, S. Erickson, M. Fischbach, A. Jacobson, A. Chervonsky, T. Golovkina
This study shows that gut commensal bacteria enhance MuLV-induced leukemia by suppressing the adaptive immune response through upregulation of immune regulators.
bioRxiv · Feb 2, 2022Microbiology