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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 19.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Microbiol. 2017 Feb 22;2:17008. doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.8

Figure 3 ∣. The microbiota influences drug toxicity and efficacy.

Figure 3 ∣

Efficacy and toxicity of anticancer drugs can be modulated by the microbiota through numerous mechanisms, including microbial metabolism and host-mediated immune responses. Small arrows indicate the direction of the response (increased or decreased).