Colorectal cancer is a disease that is far from the last place in the morbidity statistics in the Russian Federation and in the world. Along with well-known risk factors for the development of this pathology, some representatives of the intestinal microbiota are possible to participate in this process. Some studies suggest that Akkermansia muciniphila, a mucin-degrading bacterium, is associated with colorectal cancer development, but other studies cast doubt on this statement. In this review, we describe a series of studies devoted to determining the dependence of colorectal cancer on the amount of A. muciniphila, the relationship of this bacterium with inflammation development as a predictor of oncogenesis, the influence of other representatives of the intestinal microbiota on its function, and also describe one of the possible mechanisms linking the mucin-degraging ability of this bacterium with the development of oncogenesis.
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