“…Anti-cancer agents, such as epothilone B, taxol and vinblastine, which are microtubule destabilizers, induced HLA class I surface protein expression and RNA transcription in a time- and concentration-dependent manner in ovarian cancer cells [49]. Microtubule destabilizers, such as these, potentially alter HLA expression by upregulating the production of cytokines (IFNα, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-12) involved in HLA expression or disrupt intracellular trafficking of HLA proteins, causing redistribution at the tumor surface [49,50]. In our laboratory, administration of type I IFNs (α, β) or type II IFN (γ) dose-dependently increased RNA transcription of HLA class I (A, B, C) and class II (DO, DM) molecules in the vast majority of epithelial cancers examined, while sensitizing HLA-A2 + malignancies to antigen-dependent, T cell attack, despite concurrent upregulation of PD-L1/2 [51].…”