Open AccessCharacterization of the nasopharynx microbiota in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma vs. healthy controls
Author(s) -
Longjie Li,
Xiaoqin Deng,
Yang Zou,
Xiupeng Lv,
Yanjie Guo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
brazilian journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1678-4405
pISSN - 1517-8382
DOI - 10.1007/s42770-021-00594-0
Subject(s) - nasopharyngeal carcinoma , microbiome , biology , etiology , case control study , lymph node , pathology , medicine , gastroenterology , immunology , bioinformatics , radiation therapy
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), an epithelial-originated malignant tumor, has a special geographic distribution. However, the etiology of NPC has not been examined in detail. Increasing pieces of evidence indicate that the microbiome may contribute to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Until now, there is limited information on the role of the microbiome in NPC, so we assessed variations in the nasopharynx microbiota of patients with NPC relative to the bacterial in health controls.