ArticleOncogene2017
MUC1-C integrates PD-L1 induction with repression of immune effectors in non-small-cell lung cancer.
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88 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.
- Serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 before treatment predicts the prognosis of lung cancer in Asian populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
- Transcriptomic Correlates of Tumor Cell PD-L1 Expression and Response to Nivolumab Monotherapy in Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2022Trial
- Prognostic and therapeutic importance of TROP-2 and MUC-1 in non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Biomedical reports · 2026Article
- Targeting FEN1 disrupts EIF4A3-mediated MUC1-C autoregulation: a novel strategy to suppress lung adenocarcinoma progression.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- The cGAS-STING pathway in cancer: friend or foe.Cell death & disease · 2026Review
- Strategies to target PD-1/PD-L1 in the tumor microenvironment.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2026Review
- Do Metastatic Cells Arise from PD-L1International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- MUCIN 1 confers inflammatory memory of tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance in non-small cell lung cancer.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Article
- Advances in Lung Cancer Treatment: Integrating Immunotherapy and Chinese Herbal Medicines to Enhance Immune Response.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2025Review
- PP2A Promotes the Symmetric Division of MUC1-Dominant Cancer Stem-Like Cells in Small Cell Lung Cancer.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Transmembrane mucins in lung adenocarcinoma: understanding of current molecular mechanisms and clinical applications.Cell death discovery · 2025Review
- The multifaceted roles of mucins family in lung cancer: from prognostic biomarkers to promising targets.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- MUC1-EGFR crosstalk with IL-6 by activating NF-κB and MAPK pathways to regulate the stemness and paclitaxel-resistance of lung adenocarcinoma.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Monocyte subsets in breast cancer patients under treatment with aromatase inhibitor and mucin-1 cancer vaccine.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Article
- The Role of MUC1 in Renal Cell Carcinoma.Biomolecules · 2024Review
- Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in cancer progression: unraveling the immunosuppressive module driving therapy resistance.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2024Review
- Targeting the NF-κB pathway as a potential regulator of immune checkpoints in cancer immunotherapy.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2024Review
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- Mucin1 as a potential molecule for cancer immunotherapy and targeted therapy.Journal of Cancer · 2024Review
- Optimization of cancer immunotherapy on the basis of programmed death ligand-1 distribution and function.British journal of pharmacology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Immunotherapeutic approaches, particularly programmed death 1/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) blockade, have improved the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), supporting the premise that evasion of immune destruction is of importance for NSCLC progression. However, the signals responsible for upregulation of PD-L1 in NSCLC cells and whether they are integrated with the regulation of other immune-related genes are not known. Mucin 1 (MUC1) is aberrantly overexpressed in NSCLC, activates the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) p65→︀ZEB1 pathway and confers a poor prognosis. The present studies demonstrate that MUC1-C activates PD-L1 expression in NSCLC cells. We show that MUC1-C increases NF-κB p65 occupancy on the CD274/PD-L1 promoter and thereby drives CD274 transcription. Moreover, we demonstrate that MUC1-C-induced activation of NF-κB→︀ZEB1 signaling represses the TLR9 (toll-like receptor 9), IFNG, MCP-1 (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1) and GM-CSF genes, and that this signature is associated with decreases in overall survival. In concert with these results, targeting MUC1-C in NSCLC tumors suppresses PD-L1 and induces these effectors of innate and adaptive immunity. These findings support a previously unrecognized central role for MUC1-C in integrating PD-L1 activation with suppression of immune effectors and poor clinical outcome.
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