Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Promoting anti-tumor immunity by targeting TMUB1 to modulate PD-L1 polyubiquitination and glycosylation

  • Chengyu Shi,
  • Ying Wang,
  • Minjie Wu,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Fangzhou Liu,
  • Zheyuan Shen,
  • Yiran Wang,
  • Shaofang Xie,
  • Yingying Shen,
  • Lingjie Sang,
  • Zhen Zhang,
  • Zerui Gao,
  • Luojia Yang,
  • Lei Qu,
  • Zuozhen Yang,
  • Xinyu He,
  • Yu Guo,
  • Chenghao Pan,
  • Jinxin Che,
  • Huaiqiang Ju,
  • Jian Liu,
  • Zhijian Cai,
  • Qingfeng Yan,
  • Luyang Yu,
  • Liangjing Wang,
  • Xiaowu Dong,
  • Pinglong Xu,
  • Jianzhong Shao,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Xu Li,
  • Wenqi Wang,
  • Ruhong Zhou,
  • Tianhua Zhou,
  • Aifu Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34346-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Cancer cells exploit immune checkpoint pathways, such as PD-1/PD-L1, to evade elimination by the immune system. Here, the authors demonstrate that TMUB1 regulates post-translational modifications of PD-L1 and that targeting the TMUB1/PD-L1 interaction promotes anti-tumour T cells responses