Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Microbiota-driven interleukin-17-producing cells and eosinophils synergize to accelerate multiple myeloma progression

  • Arianna Calcinotto,
  • Arianna Brevi,
  • Marta Chesi,
  • Roberto Ferrarese,
  • Laura Garcia Perez,
  • Matteo Grioni,
  • Shaji Kumar,
  • Victoria M. Garbitt,
  • Meaghen E. Sharik,
  • Kimberly J. Henderson,
  • Giovanni Tonon,
  • Michio Tomura,
  • Yoshihiro Miwa,
  • Enric Esplugues,
  • Richard A. Flavell,
  • Samuel Huber,
  • Filippo Canducci,
  • Vincent S. Rajkumar,
  • P. Leif Bergsagel,
  • Matteo Bellone

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07305-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The mechanisms through which gut microbiota affect extramucosal tumors are poorly understood. Here the authors show that the gut microbiota promotes multiple myeloma by inducing differentiation and migration of Th17 cells in the bone marrow resulting also in increased recruitment of pro-tumorigenic eosinophils.