Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

TRAPPC4 regulates the intracellular trafficking of PD-L1 and antitumor immunity

  • Yimeng Ren,
  • Yun Qian,
  • Luoyan Ai,
  • Yile Xie,
  • Yaqi Gao,
  • Ziyan Zhuang,
  • Jinxian Chen,
  • Ying-Xuan Chen,
  • Jing-Yuan Fang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25662-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Transport protein particle (TRAPP) is a multimeric protein complex regulating membrane trafficking pathways. Here the authors show that TRAPPC4, a core subunit of TRAPP complex, is required for RAB11-mediated recycling of PD-L1, affecting T-cell-mediated anti-tumor immune responses.