Gut microbiome and gastric cancer: microbial interactions and therapeutic potential

Abstract The development of gastric cancer is significantly influenced by the intestinal microbiota, with H. pylori serving as a major risk factor. Through genotoxic effects, persistent inflammation, and metabolic changes, other microbes also play a role. It has been demonstrated that cancer patient...

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Main Authors: Maged Tharwat Elghannam, Moataz Hassan Hassanien, Yosry Abdelrahman Ameen, Emad Abdelwahab Turky, Gamal Mohammed ELattar, Ahmed Aly ELRay, Mohammed Darwish ELTalkawy
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-07-01
Series:Gut Pathogens
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-025-00729-w
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author Maged Tharwat Elghannam
Moataz Hassan Hassanien
Yosry Abdelrahman Ameen
Emad Abdelwahab Turky
Gamal Mohammed ELattar
Ahmed Aly ELRay
Mohammed Darwish ELTalkawy
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Moataz Hassan Hassanien
Yosry Abdelrahman Ameen
Emad Abdelwahab Turky
Gamal Mohammed ELattar
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description Abstract The development of gastric cancer is significantly influenced by the intestinal microbiota, with H. pylori serving as a major risk factor. Through genotoxic effects, persistent inflammation, and metabolic changes, other microbes also play a role. It has been demonstrated that cancer patients and healthy people have different microbiome compositions. Cancer can be inhibited or promoted by the gut microbiota and its metabolites. The relationship between intestinal flora, bacterial extracellular vesicles, and the tumor microenvironment directly affects tumor progression and efficacy of anti-tumor medications, indicating the importance of the tumor microenvironment in tumor survival. Gastrointestinal malignancies may be brought on by the gut microbiome’s dysregulation of non-coding RNA expression. Non-coding RNAs are intriguing avenues for future therapeutic and diagnostic research. The tumor microenvironment is altered by bacterial extracellular vesicles, which may have an effect on immunosuppression, treatment resistance, metastasis, and cancer progression. Further research is required to completely understand the involvement of non-coding RNAs in GI cancers. By modifying drug metabolism and absorption, which have a substantial impact on healing efficacy and serious impact profiles, the dynamic changes in gut microbiota also have a considerable impact on the results of anti-cancer treatment. Improved treatment approaches may arise from a better understanding of the role of the microbiome in gastric malignancies.
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spelling doaj-art-e1c62497740446cfacb0d2809bbfd7442025-08-20T03:42:49ZengBMCGut Pathogens1757-47492025-07-0117111410.1186/s13099-025-00729-wGut microbiome and gastric cancer: microbial interactions and therapeutic potentialMaged Tharwat Elghannam0Moataz Hassan Hassanien1Yosry Abdelrahman Ameen2Emad Abdelwahab Turky3Gamal Mohammed ELattar4Ahmed Aly ELRay5Mohammed Darwish ELTalkawy6Hepatogastroenterology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI)Hepatogastroenterology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI)Hepatogastroenterology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI)Hepatogastroenterology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI)Hepatogastroenterology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI)Hepatogastroenterology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI)Hepatogastroenterology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI)Abstract The development of gastric cancer is significantly influenced by the intestinal microbiota, with H. pylori serving as a major risk factor. Through genotoxic effects, persistent inflammation, and metabolic changes, other microbes also play a role. It has been demonstrated that cancer patients and healthy people have different microbiome compositions. Cancer can be inhibited or promoted by the gut microbiota and its metabolites. The relationship between intestinal flora, bacterial extracellular vesicles, and the tumor microenvironment directly affects tumor progression and efficacy of anti-tumor medications, indicating the importance of the tumor microenvironment in tumor survival. Gastrointestinal malignancies may be brought on by the gut microbiome’s dysregulation of non-coding RNA expression. Non-coding RNAs are intriguing avenues for future therapeutic and diagnostic research. The tumor microenvironment is altered by bacterial extracellular vesicles, which may have an effect on immunosuppression, treatment resistance, metastasis, and cancer progression. Further research is required to completely understand the involvement of non-coding RNAs in GI cancers. By modifying drug metabolism and absorption, which have a substantial impact on healing efficacy and serious impact profiles, the dynamic changes in gut microbiota also have a considerable impact on the results of anti-cancer treatment. Improved treatment approaches may arise from a better understanding of the role of the microbiome in gastric malignancies.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-025-00729-wGut microbiotaGastric cancerDiagnostic implicationsTherapeutic potentials
spellingShingle Maged Tharwat Elghannam
Moataz Hassan Hassanien
Yosry Abdelrahman Ameen
Emad Abdelwahab Turky
Gamal Mohammed ELattar
Ahmed Aly ELRay
Mohammed Darwish ELTalkawy
Gut microbiome and gastric cancer: microbial interactions and therapeutic potential
Gut Pathogens
Gut microbiota
Gastric cancer
Diagnostic implications
Therapeutic potentials
title Gut microbiome and gastric cancer: microbial interactions and therapeutic potential
title_full Gut microbiome and gastric cancer: microbial interactions and therapeutic potential
title_fullStr Gut microbiome and gastric cancer: microbial interactions and therapeutic potential
title_full_unstemmed Gut microbiome and gastric cancer: microbial interactions and therapeutic potential
title_short Gut microbiome and gastric cancer: microbial interactions and therapeutic potential
title_sort gut microbiome and gastric cancer microbial interactions and therapeutic potential
topic Gut microbiota
Gastric cancer
Diagnostic implications
Therapeutic potentials
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-025-00729-w
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