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- Title
Oral microbiota in the oral-genitourinary axis: identifying periodontitis as a potential risk of genitourinary cancers.
- Authors
Yuan, Shuai; Fang, Cheng; Leng, Wei-Dong; Wu, Lan; Li, Bing-Hui; Wang, Xing-Huan; Hu, Hailiang; Zeng, Xian-Tao
- Abstract
Periodontitis has been proposed as a novel risk factor of genitourinary cancers: although periodontitis and genitourinary cancers are two totally distinct types of disorders, epidemiological and clinical studies, have established associations between them. Dysbiosis of oral microbiota has already been established as a major factor contributing to periodontitis. Recent emerging epidemiological evidence and the detection of oral microbiota in genitourinary organs indicate the presence of an oral-genitourinary axis and oral microbiota may be involved in the pathogenesis of genitourinary cancers. Therefore, oral microbiota provides the bridge between periodontitis and genitourinary cancers. We have carried out this narrative review which summarizes epidemiological studies exploring the association between periodontitis and genitourinary cancers. We have also highlighted the current evidence demonstrating the capacity of oral microbiota to regulate almost all hallmarks of cancer, and proposed the potential mechanisms of oral microbiota in the development of genitourinary cancers.
- Subjects
DISEASE risk factors; PERIODONTITIS; GENITOURINARY organs; CARCINOGENESIS; DYSBIOSIS; KIDNEY tumors
- Publication
Military Medical Research, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2095-7467
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40779-021-00344-1