Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Tumor evolution selectively inactivates the core microRNA machinery for immune evasion

  • Tian-Yu Song,
  • Min Long,
  • Hai-Xin Zhao,
  • Miao-Wen Zou,
  • Hong-Jie Fan,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Chen-Lu Geng,
  • Min-Fang Song,
  • Yu-Feng Liu,
  • Jun-Yi Chen,
  • Yu-Lin Yang,
  • Wen-Rong Zhou,
  • Da-Wei Huang,
  • Bo Peng,
  • Zhen-Gang Peng,
  • Yong Cang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27331-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Dysregulation of the microRNA machinery has crucial roles in cancer development. Here the authors show that inactivation of proteins involved in microRNA-mediated gene silencing, such as ANKRD52 or AGO2, confers resistance to T cell-mediated immune response in a preclinical cancer model.