Other studies suggest that phages infecting enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis reduce both the biomass of the CRC-driven pathogens and the levels of cytokine interleukin-8 (IL-8) in colonic epithelial cells (Bakuradze et al, 2021), suggesting their potential CRC-inhibiting capacity through the alleviation of the inflammatory status. The gene discussed is CXCL8; the disease is colorectal carcinoma.