Natural killer cell homing and trafficking in tissues and tumors: from biology to application

GH Ran, YQ Lin, L Tian, T Zhang, DM Yan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells, a subgroup of innate lymphoid cells, act as the first line of defense
against cancer. Although some evidence shows that NK cells can develop in secondary …

The cancer–natural killer cell immunity cycle

ND Huntington, J Cursons, J Rautela - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Immunotherapy with checkpoint blockade induces rapid and durable immune control of
cancer in some patients and has driven a monumental shift in cancer treatment. Neoantigen …

Cancer cell-derived exosomal circUHRF1 induces natural killer cell exhaustion and may cause resistance to anti-PD1 therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma

PF Zhang, C Gao, XY Huang, JC Lu, XJ Guo, GM Shi… - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Objective Natural killer (NK) cells play a critical role in the innate antitumor immune
response. Recently, NK cell dysfunction has been verified in various malignant tumors …

Exploiting innate immunity for cancer immunotherapy

M Yi, T Li, M Niu, Q Mei, B Zhao, Q Chu, Z Dai, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment paradigms of various types of cancers.
However, most of these immunomodulatory strategies focus on harnessing adaptive …

Pembrolizumab versus ipilimumab in advanced melanoma (KEYNOTE-006): post-hoc 5-year results from an open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 …

C Robert, A Ribas, J Schachter, A Arance… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Pembrolizumab improved progression-free survival and overall survival versus
ipilimumab in patients with advanced melanoma and is now a standard of care in the first …

Nanoparticles in tumor microenvironment remodeling and cancer immunotherapy

Q Lu, D Kou, S Lou, M Ashrafizadeh, AR Aref… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2024 - Springer
Cancer immunotherapy and vaccine development have significantly improved the fight
against cancers. Despite these advancements, challenges remain, particularly in the clinical …

The effect of physical exercise on anticancer immunity

C Fiuza-Luces, PL Valenzuela, BG Gálvez… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Regular physical activity is associated with lower cancer incidence and mortality, as well as
with a lower rate of tumour recurrence. The epidemiological evidence is supported by …

All about (NK cell-mediated) death in two acts and an unexpected encore: initiation, execution and activation of adaptive immunity

A Ramírez-Labrada, C Pesini, L Santiago… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
NK cells are key mediators of immune cell-mediated cytotoxicity toward infected and
transformed cells, being one of the main executors of cell death in the immune system. NK …

Leveraging NKG2D ligands in immuno-oncology

MB Fuertes, CI Domaica, NW Zwirner - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) revolutionized the field of immuno-oncology and opened
new avenues towards the development of novel assets to achieve durable immune control …

NK cells with tissue-resident traits shape response to immunotherapy by inducing adaptive antitumor immunity

N Kirchhammer, MP Trefny, M Natoli… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
T cell–directed cancer immunotherapy often fails to generate lasting tumor control.
Harnessing additional effectors of the immune response against tumors may strengthen the …