研究人员发现,这种细菌携带一种蛋白质,这种蛋白质使得它们可以黏在糖分子上,从而依附在肠道内,促进息肉或者癌症肿瘤的生长。这种细菌是一种厌氧菌(不蓄意呼吸氧气),因此它们很适合在肠道内生存。
After sticking to the polyps or tumours, the presence of the bacteria promotes their growth, according to the research published in Cell Growth and Microbe.
据这份发表在《细菌生长与微生物》杂志上的研究来看,在附着在息肉或者肿瘤上之后,这种细菌将会促进它们的生长。
Co-author Wendy Garrett, a professor at Harvard University's TH Chan School of Public Health, said a greater understanding of the mechanism may help stop people developing cancerous tumours.
来自哈佛大学陈曾熙公共卫生学院的教授温蒂·加勒特,是这项研究的联合作者,她表示,对这一机制的更进一步理解有可能帮助人们不再患上癌症。
She added: 'Alternatively, and perhaps more importantly, our findings suggest that drugs targeting the same or similar mechanisms of bacterial sugar-binding proteins could potentially prevent these bacteria from exacerbating colorectal cancer.'
她补充说道:“或者,也许更加重要的是,我们的研究结果表明,如果立足于相同或者相似的细菌糖结合蛋白机制的研究,那么就有可能防止这些细菌恶化肠癌。”
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