Abstract
The global prevalence of gastrointestinal tumours and the bottlenecks in their diagnosis and treatment are being systematically overcome by the multi-omics revolution: high-throughput technologies are driving the multidimensional integration of genomics-transcriptomics-proteomics-metabolomics to comprehensively decode the genetic architecture of tumours. Meanwhile, the gut microbiota, acting as a core regulatory hub, drives carcinogenesis through immune microenvironment remodelling and metabolic pathway hijacking, further facilitating proteome-metabolome multidimensional integration, comprehensively decoding tumour genetic architecture. The gut microbiota, acting as a core regulatory hub, drives carcinogenesis through immune microenvironment remodelling and metabolic pathway hijacking, while mediating a vicious cycle network linking liver disease and tumours via the gut-liver axis. This review examines the application of multi-omics technologies in gastrointestinal tumour research, summarises the role of gut microbiota in tumourigenesis and its interaction with liver disease, and envisions future interventions targeting the gut microbiome for early disease diagnosis and precision treatment.