title: Bacteria Moving into Focus of Human Cancer.
abstract: Although bacteria have long been associated with human cancer, drawing causal relationships has been difficult. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Scanu et al. (2015) provide evidence for a transforming activity of Salmonella Typhimurium on predisposed host cells, which can subsequently form tumors in a xenograft model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boccellato
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: meyer@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000472:pathogenicity*