Table 2 Comparison of proportion of patients in each consensus molecular subtype (CMS) and unclassified (UC) tumours from this study and the original classification study by the CRC subtyping consortium8, and enriched molecular pathways associated with subtypes from both studies.

From: Distinct gut microbiome patterns associate with consensus molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer

 

CMS1 MSI immune

CMS2 Canonical

CMS3 Metabolic

CMS4 Mesenchymal

Unclassified

CMS study8

14%

37%

13%

23%

13%

Immune infiltration and activation

Wnt and Myc activation

Metabolic deregulation

Stromal infiltration, TGFβ activation, angiogenesis

This study

18%

39%

27%

0%

15%

Immune infiltration and activation

Cell cycle signatures and Myc activation

Metabolic deregulation