MUC1 inhibition leads to decrease in PD-L1 levels via upregulation of miRNAs
Pyzer AR, Stroopinsky D, Rosenblatt J, Anastasiadou E, Rajabi H, Washington A, Tagde A, Chu JH, Coll M, Jiao AL, Tsai LT, Tenen DE, Cole L, Palmer K, Ephraim A, Leaf RK, Nahas M, Apel A, Bar-Natan M, Jain S, McMasters M, Mendez L, Arnason J, Raby BA, Slack F, Kufe D, Avigan D. MUC1 inhibition leads to decrease in PD-L1 levels via upregulation of miRNAs. Leukemia 2017, 31: 2780-2790. PMID: 28555079, PMCID: PMC5791150, DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-L1 expressionAcute myeloid leukemiaAML cellsMiR-200cPD-L1/PDT cell-mediated lysisPD-L1 mRNA levelsLeukemia-specific T cellsPD-L1 levelsAnti-tumor immunityImmunosuppressive tumor microenvironmentMurine AML modelHuman AML cellsAML cell linesPotential therapeutic targetMicroRNA miR-200cMiR-34a levelsNanostring arraysMyeloid leukemiaT cellsTherapeutic targetMUC1 inhibitionTumor microenvironmentAML modelUpregulation of miRNAs