Cancer therapeutic implications of microRNAs in the regulation of immune checkpoint blockade

Abstract Dampening of patients’ immune response to tumor-specific antigens is a major reason for tumor development and progression. Within tumor microenvironment, aberrant expression of immune checkpoints changes T lymphocyte activity, and induces immune tolerance or escape. Inhibiting these checkpo...

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Main Authors: Yan Zhang, Toshihiko Tanno, Chrysi Kanellopoulou
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Language:English
Published: ELS Publishing (ELSP) 2019-08-01
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41544-019-0022-0
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description Abstract Dampening of patients’ immune response to tumor-specific antigens is a major reason for tumor development and progression. Within tumor microenvironment, aberrant expression of immune checkpoints changes T lymphocyte activity, and induces immune tolerance or escape. Inhibiting these checkpoints, called immune-checkpoint blockade, causes the re-activation of the immune response to suppress tumor progression. microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate multiple biological processes including carcinogenesis. miRNAs directly and indirectly control the expression of checkpoint receptors and can benefit the immune checkpoint blockade. In this review, we summarize what is known about miRNAs that regulate the expression of various immune checkpoints in cancer therapy and discuss the clinical implications that miRNAs could be useful therapeutic partners assisting the immune checkpoint therapy.
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spelling doaj-art-4f62c187f9ab4f76abcee931f319db242025-08-20T03:34:36ZengELS Publishing (ELSP)ExRNA2398-00602019-08-01111610.1186/s41544-019-0022-0Cancer therapeutic implications of microRNAs in the regulation of immune checkpoint blockadeYan Zhang0Toshihiko Tanno1Chrysi Kanellopoulou2Division of Immunotherapy, Institute of Human Virology (IHV), School of Medicine, University of MarylandDivision of Immunotherapy, Institute of Human Virology (IHV), School of Medicine, University of MarylandLaboratory of Immunology, NIAID, National Institutes of HealthAbstract Dampening of patients’ immune response to tumor-specific antigens is a major reason for tumor development and progression. Within tumor microenvironment, aberrant expression of immune checkpoints changes T lymphocyte activity, and induces immune tolerance or escape. Inhibiting these checkpoints, called immune-checkpoint blockade, causes the re-activation of the immune response to suppress tumor progression. microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate multiple biological processes including carcinogenesis. miRNAs directly and indirectly control the expression of checkpoint receptors and can benefit the immune checkpoint blockade. In this review, we summarize what is known about miRNAs that regulate the expression of various immune checkpoints in cancer therapy and discuss the clinical implications that miRNAs could be useful therapeutic partners assisting the immune checkpoint therapy.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41544-019-0022-0Immune checkpoint blockadeCTLA-4PD-1PD-L1microRNA
spellingShingle Yan Zhang
Toshihiko Tanno
Chrysi Kanellopoulou
Cancer therapeutic implications of microRNAs in the regulation of immune checkpoint blockade
ExRNA
Immune checkpoint blockade
CTLA-4
PD-1
PD-L1
microRNA
title Cancer therapeutic implications of microRNAs in the regulation of immune checkpoint blockade
title_full Cancer therapeutic implications of microRNAs in the regulation of immune checkpoint blockade
title_fullStr Cancer therapeutic implications of microRNAs in the regulation of immune checkpoint blockade
title_full_unstemmed Cancer therapeutic implications of microRNAs in the regulation of immune checkpoint blockade
title_short Cancer therapeutic implications of microRNAs in the regulation of immune checkpoint blockade
title_sort cancer therapeutic implications of micrornas in the regulation of immune checkpoint blockade
topic Immune checkpoint blockade
CTLA-4
PD-1
PD-L1
microRNA
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41544-019-0022-0
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