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NewsGut microbe remote-controls breast cancer — and one enzyme switch can cut the connection
A multidisciplinary team identifies Ruminococcus lactaris as a key tumor-promoting gut bacterium that produces UDP-GlcNAc to hijack the host O-GlcNAcylation system, driving breast cancer progression via an OGT–NFIB–KIT positive-feedback loop.