BRD7 Inhibited Immune Escape in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma via Inhibiting PD-L1 Expression.

ABSTRACT: Therapeutic strategies aimed at harnessing anti-tumor immunity are being intensively investigated as they show promising results in cancer treatment. The PD-1/ PD-L1 pathway is an essential target for restoring functional anti-tumor immune response. BRD7 is a candidate tumor suppressor gene and nuclear transcription factor of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) which was cloned in our laboratory. In this paper, we reported that the candidate tumor suppressor gene BRD7 was strongly associated with good prognosis of NPC patients and negatively regulated PD-L1 expression. In addition, we found that BRD7 down-regulated PD-L1 expression and enhanced the killing function of CD8⁺ T lymphocytes in NPC cells through binding to p85α via the 485-651 domain and inhibiting the activity of PI3K, t

SUBMITTER: Guo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11900823 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature