title: An oral commensal associates with disease: chicken, egg, or red herring?
abstract: Fusobacterium nucleatum might be the cause or consequence of disease in many tissues in and outside the mouth. In this issue of Immunity, Gur et al. (2015) suggest a new mechanism by which this oral commensal might help cancer cells escape host immunity.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Trophoblast Research and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Box 223, The Rosie Hospital, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SW, UK. Electronic address: fc287@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Colucci
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016967:Fusobacterium nucleatum / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology*; D019139:Tumor Escape / Q000276:immunology*; D059016:Tumor Microenvironment / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C534712:TIGIT protein, human