Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

EBV miRNAs BART11 and BART17-3p promote immune escape through the enhancer-mediated transcription of PD-L1

  • Jie Wang,
  • Junshang Ge,
  • Yian Wang,
  • Fang Xiong,
  • Jiayue Guo,
  • Xianjie Jiang,
  • Lishen Zhang,
  • Xiangying Deng,
  • Zhaojian Gong,
  • Shanshan Zhang,
  • Qijia Yan,
  • Yi He,
  • Xiayu Li,
  • Lei Shi,
  • Can Guo,
  • Fuyan Wang,
  • Zheng Li,
  • Ming Zhou,
  • Bo Xiang,
  • Yong Li,
  • Wei Xiong,
  • Zhaoyang Zeng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28479-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 21

Abstract

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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded latent genes are reported to regulate PD-L1 expression to promote immune escape. Here, the authors show that EBV-encoded miRNAs EBV-miR-BART11 and EBV-miR-BART17-3p upregulate PD-L1 expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and gastric cancer by targeting FOXP1 and PBRM1.