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Front Immunol. 2021 Nov 04;12:756042. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.756042. eCollection 2021.

Emerging Role of Non-Coding RNAs in Regulation of T-Lymphocyte Function.

Frontiers in immunology

Mohammad Taheri, Dominik A Barth, Julia Kargl, Omidvar Rezaei, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Martin Pichler

Affiliations

  1. Skull Base Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  2. Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
  3. Otto Loewi Research Center, Division of Pharmacology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
  4. Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  5. Research Unit of Non-Coding RNAs and Genome Editing in Cancer, Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
  6. Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.

PMID: 34804042 PMCID: PMC8599985 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.756042

Abstract

T-lymphocytes (T cells) play a major role in adaptive immunity and current immune checkpoint inhibitor-based cancer treatments. The regulation of their function is complex, and in addition to cytokines, receptors and transcription factors, several non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been shown to affect differentiation and function of T cells. Among these non-coding RNAs, certain small microRNAs (miRNAs) including miR-15a/16-1, miR-125b-5p, miR-99a-5p, miR-128-3p, let-7 family, miR-210, miR-182-5p, miR-181, miR-155 and miR-10a have been well recognized. Meanwhile, IFNG-AS1, lnc-ITSN1-2, lncRNA-CD160, NEAT1, MEG3, GAS5, NKILA, lnc-EGFR and PVT1 are among long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) that efficiently influence the function of T cells. Recent studies have underscored the effects of a number of circular RNAs, namely circ_0001806, hsa_circ_0045272, hsa_circ_0012919, hsa_circ_0005519 and circHIPK3 in the modulation of T-cell apoptosis, differentiation and secretion of cytokines. This review summarizes the latest news and regulatory roles of these ncRNAs on the function of T cells, with widespread implications on the pathophysiology of autoimmune disorders and cancer.

Copyright © 2021 Taheri, Barth, Kargl, Rezaei, Ghafouri-Fard and Pichler.

Keywords: T cell; autoimmune; cancer; circRNA; lncRNA; miRNA

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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