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. 2021 Sep 8;20:116. doi: 10.1186/s12943-021-01406-7

Table 1.

LncRNAs in the regulation of PD-1/PD-L1 pathway

LncRNA Cancer Functions Sponge miRNA Targets PD-1/PD-L1 Ref
SNHG14 DLBCL Promotes tumorigenesis and immune evasion miR-5590-3p ZEB1 Activates PD-1/PD-L1 [61]
MALAT1 Promotes tumorigenesis and immune escape, inactivates CD8 + T cells miR-195 N/S Increases PD-L1 [62]
EMX2OS OC Promotes tumorigenesis miR-654 AKT3 Increases PD-L1 [65]
HOTTIP Promotes immune escape and inactivates T cell immunity N/S c-Jun Increases PD-L1 [67]
SNHG12 Promotes immune escape miR-21 IL-6 Increases PD-L1 [68]
Lnc-OC1 EC Promote tumorigenesis miR-34a N/S Increases PD-L1 [69]
MEG3 EC Inhibits tumorigenesis miR-216a N/S Increases PD-L1 [70]
BCAR4 CC Regulates the response to lapatinib N/S N/S Increases PD-L1, PD-L2 [111]
SNHG15 GC Promotes tumorigenesis and immune escape miR-141 N/S Increases PD-L1 [73]
HIF1A-AS2 Promotes tumorigenesis and immune escape miR-429 N/S Increases PD-L1 [75]
NUTM2A-AS1 Promotes tumorigenesis, immune escape and drug resistance miR-376a TET1, HIF-1A Increases PD-L1 [74]
MIAT HCC Promotes immune escape, regulate sensitivity to sorafenib N/S AK2, SLC6A6, KCND1, MEIS3, RIN1 Increases PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA4 [79]
CASC11 Promotes cell proliferation, mobility, and glucose metabolism N/S NF-κB, PI3K/AKT/mTOR Increases PD-L1 [80]
PCED1B-AS1 Promotes immune escape, inactivates receipt T cells and macrophages hsa-mir-194-5p N/S Increases PD-L1, PD-L2 [77]
RP11-424C20.2I Promotes immune escape miR-378a-3p UHRF1 Increases CLTA-4, PD-L1 [81]
XIST miR-194-5p, miR-155-5p N/S Increases PD-L1 [83]
KCNQ1OT1 Promotes sorafenib resistance and immune escape miR-506 N/S Increases PD-L1 [82]
PMSB8-AS1 PC Promotes proliferation, invasion, and migration miR-382-3p STAT1 Increases PD-L1 [84]
INC00473 Induces cancer progression and inactivate CD8+ T cells miR-195-5p Bax, IFN-γ, IL-4; Bcl-2, MMP-2, MMP-9, IL-10 Increases PD-L1 [85]
MIR17HG CRC Promotes tumorigenesis and metastasis miR-375 NF-κB/RELA Increases PD-L1 [110]
lncRNA C5orf64 LAD N/S N/S Increases PD-1, PD-L1, CTLA-4, and immune cells [86]
FGD5-AS1 Promotes tumorigenesis and resistance to cisplatin miR-142 N/S Increases PD-L1 [87]
NKX2-1-AS1 Inhibits cell migration N/S NKX2-1, cell adhesion molecules Decreases PD-L1 [88]
MALAT1 NSCLC Promotes cancer progression miR-200a-3p N/S Increases PD-L1 [89]
ZFPM2-AS1 Promotes tumorigenesis N/S ZFPM2, JAK-STAT, Akt Increases PD-L1 [90]
lncAMPC PCa Promotes malignant progression and immunosuppression miR-637 Jak1-STAT3,LIF/LIFR Increases PD-L1 [92]
KCNQ1OT1 Promotes malignant progression and inactivate CD8 + T cells miR-15a N/S Increases PD-L1 [91]
UCA1 BLC Promotes tumor progression, activate DCs and cytokines Decreases PD-L1 [93]
GATA3-AS1 TNBC Promotes cell progression and immune evasion miR-676-3p COPS5 Increases PD-L1, decreases GATA3 [97]
LINK-A TNBC Resistant to PD-1 blockade PLC, Rb, p53 [96]
TCL6 BC Promotes immune cell infiltration, related to poor survival N/S N/S Increases PD-1, PD-L1, PD-L2, CTLA-4 [98]
RP11-424C20.2 Thy Indicates a better prognosis regulate infiltrating immune cell miR-378a-3p UHRF1 CLTA-4 and PD-L1 [81]
XLOC_003810 MG-T promotes T cell activation inhibits PD-1/PD-L1 [99]
INCR1 Inhibits immune responses IFN gamma signaling Increases PD-L1 [101]
AC131097.3 HNSCC Promotes carcinogenesis DNA methylation Increases PD-1 [102]
lncMX1-215 Inhibits immune escape, cell proliferation and metastasis H3K27 acetylation Decreases PD-L1 [103]
AFAP1-AS1 NPC Metastasis and poor prognosis [104]
HOXA-AS2 Promotes cell proliferation, invasion, migration miR-519 HIF-1α Increase PD-L1 [105]
SNHG20 ESCC Promotes cell proliferation, migration, invasion, EMT N/S ATM/JAK Increase PD-L1 [107]
RP11-571M6.8 GBM Promotes immune evasion, indicates a poor survival N/S N/S PD-1, PD-L1, CTLA-4 [112]
UCA1 ATC Inactivates cytotoxic CD8 + T cells, inhibit cytokine secretion miR-148a N/S Increase PD-L1 [109]

BC Breast cancer, BLC Bladder cancer, DLBCL Diffuse large B cell lymphoma, CC Cervical cancer, CRC Colorectal cancer, OC Ovarian cancer, ZEB1 Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1, EC Endometrial cancer, GBM Glioblastoma multiforme, PC Pancreatic cancer, LAD Lung adenocarcinoma, MG-T Myasthenia gravis-related thymoma, THY Thymomas, TNBC Triple-negative breast cancer, MG-T Myasthenia gravis-related thymoma, HNSCC Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma