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What kind of response did the human host respond to functionally active microorganisms?<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> Nine endometrial cancer patients and eight normal subjects were included in this study. HMP Unified Metabolic Analysis Network 3 (HUMAnN3) was used to obtain functional information of microorganisms. In addition, metaCyc-based GSEA functional enrichment analysis was used to obtain information on the metabolic pathways of the human host. At the same time, the O2PLS model and Spearman correlation analysis were used to analyze the microorganisms\u2013host interaction.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> With the novel metatranscriptome analysis pipeline, we described the composition of more than 5,000 functionally active microorganisms and analyzed the difference in microorganisms between the EC and the normal group. Our research found that these microorganisms were involved in part of the metabolic process of endometrial cancer, such as 6-sulfo-sialyl Lewis x epitope, <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl. In addition, the host\u2013microbiota crosstalk of EC endometrium also included many biological processes, mainly functions related to tumor migration and the Apelin signaling pathway.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> The functionally active microorganisms in the EC endometrium played an essential role in the occurrence and migration of tumors. This meant that functionally active microorganisms could not be ignored in the treatment of endometrial cancer. 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