MICA and neoplasm: Thus, HSF1 factor stimulates MICA (MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence) transcription under heat stress through binding to heat shock elements (HSE) in the promoter region of this NKG2DL [31], whereas inhibition [32] or silencing [33] of HSF1 abrogated the heat-induced upregulation of MICA in tumor cell lines.