PMID- 34250629 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211116 LR - 20211116 IS - 1099-0844 (Electronic) IS - 0263-6484 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 7 DP - 2021 Oct TI - IK: A novel cell mitosis regulator that contributes to carcinogenesis. PG - 854-859 LID - 10.1002/cbf.3660 [doi] AB - Carcinogenesis is characterized by abnormal regulation of cell growth and cell death. IK is a novel cell mitosis regulator that may contribute to carcinogenesis. Previous studies showed that the loss of IK expression resulted in cell mitotic arrest and even cell death. Besides, IK can also inhibit the interferon gamma (IFN-gamma)-induced expression of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II antigen, which is associated with tumour immune microenvironment. To gain insight into the current research progress regarding IK, we conducted a review and searched the limited literature on IK using PubMed or Web of Science. In this review, we discussed the possible biological functions and mechanisms of IK in cancer and its immune microenvironment. Future perspectives of IK were also mentioned to explore its clinical significance. CI - (c) 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Gao, Chao AU - Gao C AD - Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. AD - Tianjin Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Health and Eugenics, Tianjin, China. FAU - Han, Yanyan AU - Han Y AD - Department of Pathology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China. FAU - Bai, Lu AU - Bai L AD - Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. AD - Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Nankai University Affiliated Hospital (Tianjin Fourth Hospital), Tianjin, China. FAU - Wang, Yingmei AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. AD - Tianjin Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Health and Eugenics, Tianjin, China. FAU - Xue, Fengxia AU - Xue F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9694-0061 AD - Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. AD - Tianjin Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Health and Eugenics, Tianjin, China. LA - eng GR - 81572568/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 81772790/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 20JCQNJC00480/Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20210711 PL - England TA - Cell Biochem Funct JT - Cell biochemistry and function JID - 8305874 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (IK protein, human) SB - IM MH - Carcinogenesis/*immunology MH - Cytokines/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Mitosis/*immunology MH - Tumor Microenvironment/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - DNA damage OT - HLA OT - IK OT - cancer OT - cell mitosis EDAT- 2021/07/13 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/17 06:00 CRDT- 2021/07/12 06:11 PHST- 2021/06/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/05/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/07/12 06:11 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/cbf.3660 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Biochem Funct. 2021 Oct;39(7):854-859. doi: 10.1002/cbf.3660. Epub 2021 Jul 11.