Aging Induces Changes in Cancer Formation and Microbial Content in a Murine Model of Bladder Cancer supplements
Bladder cancer (BCa) incidence is tightly linked to aging. Older patients with BCa present with higher grade tumors and have worse outcomes on Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunotherapy. Aging is also known to result in changes in the gut microbiome over mammalian lifespan, with recent studies linking alterations in the gut microbiome to changes in tumor immunity. There is limited information on the microbiome in BCa models though, despite known links to aging and immunotherapy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how aging impacts tumor formation, inflammation, and the microbiome of mice given the model BCa carcinogen N-Butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl) nitrosamine (BBN).