Stem Cell Impairment at the Host-Microbiota Interface in Colorectal Cancer

Marzano M, Fosso B, Piancone E, Defazio G, Pesole G, De Robertis M.
Cancers (Basel). 2021 Feb 27;13(5):996. doi: 10.3390/cancers13050996. PMID: 33673612 Free article. Review.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) initiation is believed to result from the conversion of normal intestinal stem cells (ISCs) into cancer stem cells (CSCs), also known as tumor-initiating cells (TICs). …The gut microbiota communicates closely wit …