Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

DNA double-strand break repair pathway regulates PD-L1 expression in cancer cells

  • Hiro Sato,
  • Atsuko Niimi,
  • Takaaki Yasuhara,
  • Tiara Bunga Mayang Permata,
  • Yoshihiko Hagiwara,
  • Mayu Isono,
  • Endang Nuryadi,
  • Ryota Sekine,
  • Takahiro Oike,
  • Sangeeta Kakoti,
  • Yuya Yoshimoto,
  • Kathryn D. Held,
  • Yoshiyuki Suzuki,
  • Koji Kono,
  • Kiyoshi Miyagawa,
  • Takashi Nakano,
  • Atsushi Shibata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01883-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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PD-L1 is upregulated in many cancers due to exogenous cellular stress. Here the authors show that PD-L1 is upregulated in response to DNA double strand breaks via STAT and IRF1 signalling.