Gastrointestinal cancer | miRNA targeted PD-L1 | Mechanism of action | Effects |
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Colorectal cancer | miR-214 | Axis circEIF3K/miR-214/PD-L1; Involvement of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) | Facilitation of colorectal cancer advancement under hypoxic conditions through cancer-associated fibroblasts |
miR-140-3p | Direct targeting of PD-L1; Inactivation of the PI3K/AKT pathway | Alleviation of inhibitory effects in tumor cells | |
miR-30a-5p | miR-30a-5p/USP22 pathway; Control of PD-L1 ubiquitination | Facilitation of immune evasion | |
miR-15b-5p | Downregulates PD-L1 expression | Inhibits tumor formation and increases sensitivity to anti-PD-1 treatment | |
miR-21-5p, miR-200a | Promotes M2-like polarization of TAMs and enhances PD-L1 expression | Decreases T cell activity, enhances tumor growth; potential target for sensitizing CRC to anti-PD-L1 therapy | |
miR-124 | Decreases PD-L1 expression | Inhibits Tregs, reduces cell proliferation, and suppresses tumor growth | |
miR-548b-5p, miR-548c-5p | Upregulates PD-L1 expression | Promotes tumor growth and metastasis | |
miR-148a-3p | Downregulates PD-L1 expression | reduces T-cell apoptosis, and decreases PD-L1 levels induced by IFNγ | |
miR-497 | Downregulates PD-L1 expression | Inhibits Tregs, suppresses cell proliferation, migration, and invasion | |
miR-191-5p, miR-382-3p, miR-200a-3p, miR-200c-3p, miR-138-5p | Suppresses PD-L1 expression | Reduces tumor migration, promotes anti-tumoral immune responses, inhibits tumor growth, decreases cell viability, enhances sensitivity to chemotherapy | |
Gastric cancer | miR-105-5p | Binding to a specific cis-acting region; Negative correlation with PD-L1 expression | Activation of CD8 + T cells |
miR-940 | Promotion of STAT5A ubiquitination; Inhibition of PD-L1 expression | Inhibition of aggressive characteristics | |
miR-429 | Direct targeting of PD-L1; Indirect regulation through lncRNA HIF1A-AS2 | Inhibition of tumor development | |
miR-502-5p | Transcriptional and post-transcriptional downregulation of PD-L1 | Inhibition of tumor growth and metastasis | |
miR-21 | Upregulation of miR-21; Mitigation of Th17/Treg cell imbalance | Reduction of Th17 cell population; Increase in Treg cell population | |
miR-375-3p | Axis hsa_circ_0136666/miR-375-3p/PRKDC and axis miR-375-3p/JAK2/STAT3/PD-L1 | Upregulation of PRKDC, modulation of immune checkpoint proteins, phosphorylation of PD-L1, immune evasion, | |
miR-16-5p | Reduction of PD-L1 expression | Induction of T cell immune response, inhibition of tumor formation | |
miR-744-5p | Regulates PD-L1 expression | Regulation of SLC7A5, immune evasion and resistance to anti-PD-1 treatment | |
miR-5193, miR-4443, miR-520Â h, miR-496 | Direct targeting of PD-L1 | Reduced PD-L1 expression, enhanced anti-tumor activity of T cells | |
Pancreatic cancer | miR-382-3p | PSMB8-AS1/miR-382-3p/STAT1/PD-L1 axis; Upregulation of PD-L1 expression | Therapeutic target |
miR-194-5p | Negative correlation with PD-L1 expression; Inhibition of migration, invasion, and proliferation | Inhibition of cancer progression; Facilitation of CD8 + T cell infiltration | |
miR-148a-3p | hsa_circ_0046523/miR-148a-3p/PD-L1 axis; Upregulation of PD-L1 expression | Mediation of immunosuppressive microenvironment | |
miR-519 | Direct targeting of PD-L1 | Inhibits cell invasiveness and induces apoptosis under hypoxic conditions | |
miR-142-5p | Inhibition of PD-L1 expression | Increased CD4 + and CD8 + T lymphocytes, reduced PD-1 + T lymphocytes, increased IFN-γ and TNF-α production | |
i | Increased PD-L1 expression | Decreased apoptosis, proliferation, invasion, and migration of pancreatic cancer cells | |
Esophageal cancer | miR-124-3p | Regulation by circ-VIM; Downregulation of PD-L1 expression | Suppression of immune escape and oncogenic activities; Inhibition of tumor growth and metastases |
miR-5590-3p | Competitive binding with PD-L1 | Promoting growth, expansion, and metastasis of tumor cells, partially reversed by silencing PD-L1 |