ArticleiScience2023
TOPK mediates immune evasion of renal cell carcinoma via upregulating the expression of PD-L1.
Article in iScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Advances in T-Lymphokine-activated Killer Cell-originated Protein Kinase Research in Cancer Over the Past Thirty Years.Journal of cancer prevention · 2026Review
- Insights into the mechanisms of drug resistance in renal cell carcinoma: from multi-omics perspective.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- The Roles of TOPK in Tumorigenesis and Development: Structure, Mechanisms, Pathways, and Therapeutic Implications.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
- TOPK Suppresses the CD8Cancer communications (London, England) · 2026Article
- TOPK promotes immune suppression in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma and emerges as a prognostic and therapeutic target.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Cancer testis antigens: Emerging therapeutic targets leveraging genomic instability in cancer.Molecular therapy. Oncology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Although anti-PD-L1 therapy has been used in the clinical treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a proportion of patients are not sensitive to it, which may be attributed to the heterogeneity of PD-L1 expression. Here, we demonstrated that high TOPK (T-LAK cell-originated Protein Kinase) expression in RCC promoted PD-L1 expression by activating ERK2 and TGF-β/Smad pathways. TOPK was positively correlated with PD-L1 expression levels in RCC. Meanwhile, TOPK significantly inhibited the infiltration and function of CD8
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