Systemically delivered Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron-derived bacterial extracellular vesicles inhibit primary and metastatic melanoma growth
Christopher A. Price, Emily J. Jones, Nilda Ilker, Alicia D. Nicklin, Rokas Juodeikis, Alastair M. McKee, Luke J Mitchell, Régis Stentz, Lindsay J. Hall, Simon Richard Carding, Stephen David Robinson
This study shows that Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron-derived extracellular vesicles inhibit melanoma growth via immune activation rather than direct cytotoxicity.
Microbiology Spectrum · Sep 29, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology