Show pageBacklinksCite current pageExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Programmed death ligand 1 ====== [[Programmed death]]-ligand 1 (PD-L1) also known as [[cluster of differentiation]] 274 ([[CD274]]) or [[B7 homolog 1]] (B7-H1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CD274 gene. Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is a 40kDa type 1 [[transmembrane protein]] that contributes to [[tumor]] [[immunosuppression]] during particular events such as [[pregnancy]], tissue [[allograft]]s, [[autoimmune disease]] and other disease states such as [[hepatitis]]. Normally the immune system reacts to foreign antigens where there is some accumulation in the lymph nodes or spleen which triggers a proliferation of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells. The binding of PD-L1 to PD-1 or B7.1 transmits an inhibitory signal which reduces the addition of these [[CD8+ T cell]]s at the lymph nodes and supplementary to that PD-1 is also able to control the accumulation of foreign antigen-specific T cells in the lymph nodes through apoptosis which is further mediated by a lower regulation of the gene Bcl-2. ---- Chen et al. revealed a novel mechanism of how PD-L1 regulates [[epithelial-mesenchymal-transition]] (EMT) of cancer cells, namely [[STAT1]]/[[IFIT2]] signal pathway is required in PD-L1 mediated EMT in human [[esophageal cancer]] ((Chen J, Liu Y, Zhu Y, Chen Y, Feng J, Jiang T, Zheng X, Chen L, Jiang J. STAT1/IFIT2 signaling pathway is involved in PD-L1-mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in human esophageal cancer. Clin Transl Oncol. 2022 Feb 2. doi: 10.1007/s12094-021-02743-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35107757.)) ---- ---- Famoso et al. reported the first patient with a pineal melanoma to be managed by targeting PD-L1. Furthermore, she achieved the second longest overall survival and the longest progression-free survival reported in the literature ((Famoso J, Lemole G, Sundararajan S, Stea B. Targeting PD-L1 After Adjuvant Radiation in Subtotally Resected Primary Pineal Melanoma: A Case Report and Literature Review. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2019 Oct 1;17(10):1148-1153. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2019.7336. PubMed PMID: 31590158. )). ===== Programmed death ligand 1 in glioblastoma ===== see [[Programmed death ligand 1 in glioblastoma]]. ===== Programmed death ligand 1 in meningioma ===== see [[Programmed death ligand 1 in meningioma]]. programmed_death_ligand_1.txt Last modified: 2024/06/07 02:49by 127.0.0.1