Interplay and perturbations of the local microbiome and host immune system in breast cancer

    Principal Investigator: Charis Eng | Affiliation: Cleveland Clinic

    Research Keywords

    Microbiome

    Research Questions

    • What are the differences in microbes found with normal versus BRCA breast cancers?
    • How do microbes contribute to immune changes and cancer?
    • Could microbiome engineering prevent cancer?

    Specific Aims

    • Aim 1:
    • Aim 2:
    • Aim 3:

    Methods

    1. Animal models