Regulation and its mechanisms of BMI1 molecule on self-renewal and tumor immune evasion of cancer stem cells
B-cell-specific moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1(BMI1)molecule is one of the members of the family of the Polycomb group(PcG)protein.As a crucial marker of stem cells,it maintains the normal physiological functions of the or-ganisms through regulating expression of the related genes transcriptionally.It was reported that BMI1 is also a crucial molecule which affects pathogenesis and progression of malignant tumors.Therefore,it plays an important role in regulating self-renewal,migration,invasion,drug-resistance,and as well as immune evasion of cancer stem cells(CSCs),which is associated with recurrence and metas-tasis of cancer.In this review,based on the research progresses during recent years,molecular structure and biological function of BMI1 were illustrated.Furthermore,regulation and its mechanisms of BMI1 molecule on the self-renewal,migration and invasion,drug-resistance and immune evasion of CSCs were also elaborated.It indicated that investigation of BMI1 molecule as a novel potential target in cancer immunotherapy would be much valuable and significant.
BMI1Cancer stem cellsSelf-renewalMigration and invasionDrug-resistanceImmune evasion