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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Cancer. 2019 Oct 14;5(11):666–669. doi: 10.1016/j.trecan.2019.08.003

Figure 1. Reciprocal regulation of miRNA and microbiota in CRC.

Figure 1.

(A) Microbes can influence host miRNA expression and affect tumor cells. (B) Host cells release miRNAs via extracellular vesicles to control intestinal homeostasis and gut microbiota. (C) Diet-induced microbial metabolites, such as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) or secondary bile acids, can affect miRNA expression in host cells and to promote or inhibit tumor in CRC. (D) Dietary miRNAs, such as miR- 7267-3p from ginger exosome-like nanoparticles (GELN), have impacts on modulation of gut microbiota and intestinal homeostasis.