Cited by 221MicroRNA in disease regulationCancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersImmune cells in cancer

The role of cancer-derived microRNAs in cancer immune escape

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Yi, Ming, Xu, Linping, Jiao, Ying, Luo, Suxia, Li, Anping, Wu, Kongming·2020·Journal of Hematology & Oncology

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During malignant transformation, accumulated somatic mutations endow cancer cells with increased invasiveness and immunogenicity. Under selective pressure, these highly immunogenic cancer cells develop multiple strategies to evade immune attack. It has been well established that cancer cells could downregulate the expression of major histocompatibility complex, acquire alterations in interferon pathway, and upregulate the activities of immune checkpoint pathways. Besides, cancer cells secret numerous cytokines, exosomes, and microvesicles to regulate the functions and abundances of components in the tumor microenvironment including immune effector cells and professional antigen presentation cells. As the vital determinant of post-transcriptional regulation, microRNAs (miRNAs) not only participate in cancer initiation and progression but also regulate anti-cancer immune response. For instance, some miRNAs affect cancer immune surveillance and immune escape by interfering the expression of immune attack-associated molecules. A growing body of evidence indicated that cancer-derived immune modulatory miRNAs might be promising targets to counteract cancer immune escape. In this review, we summarized the role of some miRNAs in cancer immune escape and discussed their potential clinical application as treatment targets.

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  • Other immune checkpoints, abnormal angiogenesis, immunosuppressive immune cells or cytokines, cancer-associated adipocytes, and hyperactive cancer-associated fibroblasts also modulate the cancer-immune set point and promote immune tolerance.

    “Apart from PD-1 signaling, other immune checkpoints, abnormal angiogenesis, immunosuppressive immune cells or cytokines, cancer-associated adipocytes, and hyperactive cancer-associated fibroblasts also modulate cancer-immune set point and promote immune tolerance [15–20].”

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Authors
Yi, M., Xu, L., Jiao, Y., Luo, S., Li, A., & Wu, K.
Affiliations
  • Tongji Hospital (CN)
  • Zhengzhou University (CN)
Corresponding author
Wu, Kongming
Venue
Journal of Hematology & Oncology
Published
2020-03-28
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
25-25
ISSN
1756-8722 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3013629088
Cited by
221
References
153
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 2
FWCI
4.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Hematology & Oncology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (81874120, 81572608)
  • Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau (2017060201010170)
  • Henan science and technology open cooperation project (162106000021)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
Keywords
tumor immune evasion, tumor microenvironment, immune checkpoint pathways, MHC downregulation, interferon pathway, exosomes, microvesicles, tumor immunogenicity, post-transcriptional regulation, antitumor immunity, therapeutic target
MeSH terms
Animals, Antigens, Neoplasm, Humans, Immunotherapy, Neoplasms, Tumor Escape, MicroRNAs, Tumor Microenvironment

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