Summary
PROJECT SUMMARY Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) exerts a significant clinical and financial burden worldwide. Recently, there has been increasing interest in the role of the microbiome in OSCC. Among microbial species that have frequently been identified in association with OSCC and demonstrated to promote oral carcinogenesis, both in vitro and in animal models, include the bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum and the fungus Candida albicans. The two species have been demonstrated to interact via co-aggregation; however, whether such interkingdom interaction can promote oral carcinogenesis ha
