Noncoding RNAs in Cancer Immunology.

Qian Li, Qiang Liu
Author Information
  1. Qian Li: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107, Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
  2. Qiang Liu: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107, Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China. victorlq@hotmail.com.

Abstract

Cancer immunology is the study of interaction between cancer cells and immune system by the application of immunology principle and theory. With the recent approval of several new drugs targeting immune checkpoints in cancer, cancer immunology has become a very attractive field of research and is thought to be the new hope to conquer cancer. This chapter introduces the aberrant expression and function of noncoding RNAs, mainly microRNAs and long noncoding RNAs, in tumor-infiltrating immune cells, and their significance in tumor immunity. It also illustrates how noncoding RNAs are shuttled between tumor cells and immune cells in tumor microenvironments via exosomes or other microvesicles to modulate tumor immunity.

Keywords

MeSH Term

Exosomes
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Humans
Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
MicroRNAs
Neoplasms
RNA, Long Noncoding
Tumor Microenvironment

Chemicals

MicroRNAs
RNA, Long Noncoding

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