Harnessing cytokines and chemokines for cancer therapy

DJ Propper, FR Balkwill - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2022 - nature.com
During the past 40 years, cytokines and cytokine receptors have been extensively
investigated as either cancer targets or cancer treatments. A strong preclinical rationale …

Exploring the NK cell platform for cancer immunotherapy

JA Myers, JS Miller - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are cytotoxic lymphocytes of the innate immune system that are
capable of killing virally infected and/or cancerous cells. Nearly 20 years ago, NK cell …

Harnessing natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapy: dispatching the first responders

NA Maskalenko, D Zhigarev… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells have crucial roles in the innate immunosurveillance of cancer and
viral infections. They are 'first responders' that can spontaneously recognize abnormal cells …

NK cells for cancer immunotherapy

N Shimasaki, A Jain, D Campana - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2020 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells can swiftly kill multiple adjacent cells if these show surface markers
associated with oncogenic transformation. This property, which is unique among immune …

Targeting cytokine and chemokine signaling pathways for cancer therapy

M Yi, T Li, M Niu, H Zhang, Y Wu, K Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Cytokines are critical in regulating immune responses and cellular behavior, playing dual
roles in both normal physiology and the pathology of diseases such as cancer. These …

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 …

Delivery of CAR-T cells in a transient injectable stimulatory hydrogel niche improves treatment of solid tumors

AK Grosskopf, L Labanieh, DD Klysz, GA Roth, P Xu… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) has proven to be highly effective in treating blood cancers, but
traditional approaches to ACT are poorly effective in treating solid tumors observed …

Harnessing IL-15 signaling to potentiate NK cell-mediated cancer immunotherapy

S Ma, MA Caligiuri, J Yu - Trends in immunology, 2022 - cell.com
Natural killer (NK) cells, a crucial component of the innate immune system, have long been
of clinical interest for their antitumor properties. Almost every aspect of NK cell immunity is …

Cytokines in clinical cancer immunotherapy

P Berraondo, MF Sanmamed, MC Ochoa… - British journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Cytokines are soluble proteins that mediate cell-to-cell communication. Based on the
discovery of the potent anti-tumour activities of several pro-inflammatory cytokines in animal …

Influence of the tumor microenvironment on NK cell function in solid tumors

O Melaiu, V Lucarini, L Cifaldi, D Fruci - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are a population of innate lymphoid cells playing a pivotal role in
host immune responses against infection and tumor growth. These cells have a powerful …