An Oral Commensal Associates with Disease: Chicken, Egg, or Red Herring?

作者：Colucci Francesco^*

来源：Immunity, 2015, 42(2): 208-210.

DOI：10.1016/j.immuni.2015.01.024

Fusobacterium nucleatum might be the cause or consequence of disease in many tissues in and outside the mouth. In this issue of Immunity, Gur et al. (2015) suggest a new mechanism by which this oral commensal might help cancer cells escape host immunity.

• 出版日期2015-2-17