The NK cell–cancer cycle: advances and new challenges in NK cell–based immunotherapies

T Bald, MF Krummel, MJ Smyth, KC Barry - Nature immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells belong to the innate immune system and contribute to protecting the
host through killing of infected, foreign, stressed or transformed cells. Additionally, via …

Emerging role of tumor cell plasticity in modifying therapeutic response

S Qin, J Jiang, Y Lu, EC Nice, C Huang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Resistance to cancer therapy is a major barrier to cancer management. Conventional views
have proposed that acquisition of resistance may result from genetic mutations. However …

Optimized gene engineering of murine CAR-T cells reveals the beneficial effects of IL-15 coexpression

E Lanitis, G Rota, P Kosti, C Ronet, A Spill… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
Limited clinical benefit has been demonstrated for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy
of solid tumors, but coengineering strategies to generate so-called fourth-generation (4G) …

CD47 as a promising therapeutic target in oncology

H Zhao, S Song, J Ma, Z Yan, H Xie, Y Feng… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
CD47 is ubiquitously expressed on the surface of cells and plays a critical role in self-
recognition. By interacting with SIRPα, TSP-1 and integrins, CD47 modulates cellular …

Evodiamine suppresses non-small cell lung cancer by elevating CD8+ T cells and downregulating the MUC1-C/PD-L1 axis

ZB Jiang, JM Huang, YJ Xie, YZ Zhang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - Springer
Background Accumulating evidence showed that regulating tumor microenvironment plays a
vital role in improving antitumor efficiency. Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) is …

Inhibitory receptors and checkpoints in human NK cells, implications for the immunotherapy of cancer

S Sivori, M Della Chiesa, S Carlomagno… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The highly destructive mechanisms by which the immune system faces microbial infections
is under the control of a series of inhibitory receptors. While most of these receptors prevent …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging functions of thrombospondin-1 in immunity

S Kaur, DD Roberts - Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Thrombospondin-1 is a secreted matricellular glycoprotein that modulates cell behavior by
interacting with components of the extracellular matrix and with several cell surface …

Role of CD47 in tumor immunity: a potential target for combination therapy

J Huang, F Liu, C Li, X Liang, C Li, Y Liu, Z Yi… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
CD47 performs a vital function in cancer therapy by binding to different SIRPα,
thrombospondin 1, and integrin. However, its role in tumor immunity and its correlation with …

CD47: Beyond an immune checkpoint in cancer treatment

HT Bian, YW Shen, YD Zhou, DG Nagle… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
The transmembrane protein, CD47, is recognized as an important innate immune
checkpoint, and CD47-targeted drugs have been in development with the aim of inhibiting …

Loss of CD47 alters CD8+ T cell activation in vitro and immunodynamics in mice

PR Nath, D Pal-Nath, S Kaur, A Gangaplara… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT CD47 has established roles in the immune system for regulating macrophage
phagocytosis and lymphocyte activation, with growing evidence of its cell-intrinsic regulatory …