Natural killer cells and their exosomes in viral infections and related therapeutic approaches: where are we?

MH Razizadeh, A Zafarani… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
Innate immunity is the first line of the host immune system to fight against infections. Natural
killer cells are the innate immunity lymphocytes responsible for fighting against virus …

Extracellular vesicles and Ebola virus: a new mechanism of immune evasion

ML Pleet, C DeMarino, SW Stonier, JM Dye… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ebola virus (EBOV) disease can result in a range of symptoms anywhere from virtually
asymptomatic to severe hemorrhagic fever during acute infection. Additionally, spans of …

Elastic microstructures: combining biochemical, mechanical, and topographical cues for the effective activation and proliferation of cytotoxic T cells

A Pandey, M Iraqi, E Toledo… - … applied materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ex vivo activation and proliferation of cytotoxic T cells are critical steps in adoptive
immunotherapy. Today, T cells are activated by stimulation with antibody-coated magnetic …

[HTML][HTML] Ebola virus protein VP40 stimulates IL-12–and IL-18–dependent activation of human natural killer cells

H Le, P Spearman, SN Waggoner, K Singh - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Accumulation of activated natural killer (NK) cells in tissues during Ebola virus infection
contributes to Ebola virus disease (EVD) pathogenesis. Yet, immunization with Ebola virus …

Excess of the NF-ĸB p50 subunit generated by the ubiquitin ligase KPC1 suppresses tumors via PD-L1–and chemokines-mediated mechanisms

Y Kravtsova-Ivantsiv, G Goldhirsh… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Nuclear factor–ĸB (NF-ĸB) transcription factor is a family of essential regulators of the
immune response and cell proliferation and transformation. A typical factor is a heterodimer …

Fc-independent protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection by recombinant human monoclonal antibodies

T Noy-Porat, A Edri, R Alcalay, E Makdasi, D Gur… - Antibodies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of passively-administered neutralizing antibodies is a promising approach for the
prevention and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Antibody-mediated protection may …

Non-genetically improving the natural cytotoxicity of natural killer (NK) cells

M Villalba, C Alexia, A Bellin-Robert… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The innate lymphocyte lineage natural killer (NK) is now the target of multiple clinical
applications, although none has received an agreement from any regulatory agency yet …

N-Glycans mediate the ebola virus-GP1 shielding of ligands to immune receptors and immune evasion

M Iraqi, A Edri, Y Greenshpan, K Kundu… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Ebola Virus (EBOV) glycoprotein (GP) sterically shields cell-membrane ligands to
immune receptors such as human leukocyte antigen class-1 (HLA-I) and MHC class I …

Natural killer cell responses to emerging viruses of zoonotic origin

C Diaz-Salazar, JC Sun - Current opinion in virology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Emerging viruses avoid immune recognition by dampening early pro-
inflammatory responses.•Natural hosts of zoonotic viruses have developed enhanced …

Modulation of immune response in Ebola virus disease

G Banerjee, K Shokeen, N Chakraborty… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ebola virus disease targets and destroys immune cells, including macrophages and
dendritic cells, leading to impairment of host response. After infection, a combination of …