Natural killer cells in cancer biology and therapy

SY Wu, T Fu, YZ Jiang, ZM Shao - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
The tumor microenvironment is highly complex, and immune escape is currently considered
an important hallmark of cancer, largely contributing to tumor progression and metastasis …

Rho GTPase signaling in cancer progression and dissemination

E Crosas-Molist, R Samain… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Rho GTPases are a family of small G proteins that regulate a wide array of cellular
processes related to their key roles controlling the cytoskeleton. Cancer is a multistep …

Cytoskeletal dynamics in epithelial-mesenchymal transition: insights into therapeutic targets for cancer metastasis

A Datta, S Deng, V Gopal, KCH Yap, CE Halim, ML Lye… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a well-documented
process in the study of cancer metastases. The cytoskeleton is an intricate network involved …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting immune cells for cancer therapy

SY Gun, SWL Lee, JL Sieow, SC Wong - Redox biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen a renaissance in the research linking inflammation and cancer with
immune cells playing a central role in smouldering inflammation in the tumor …

Prognostic and therapeutic role of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte subtypes in breast cancer

MA Nelson, W Ngamcherdtrakul, SW Luoh… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2021 - Springer
Increased levels of total tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are generally associated with
good prognosis in several breast cancer subtypes. Subtypes of TILs impact both tumor cells …

Remodeled tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) parade via natural killer cells reprogramming in breast cancer

MM Elanany, D Mostafa, NM Hamdy - Life sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast cancer (BC) is the main cause of cancer-related mortality among women globally.
Despite substantial advances in the identification and management of primary tumors …

Cell–cell interfaces as specialized compartments directing cell function

B Belardi, S Son, JH Felce, ML Dustin… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Cell–cell interfaces are found throughout multicellular organisms, from transient interactions
between motile immune cells to long-lived cell–cell contacts in epithelia. Studies of immune …

Escaping death: how cancer cells and infected cells resist cell-mediated cytotoxicity

K Tuomela, AR Ambrose, DM Davis - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cytotoxic lymphocytes are critical in our immune defence against cancer and infection.
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes and Natural Killer cells can directly lyse malignant or infected cells …

Mechanisms of apoptosis resistance to NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity in cancer

C Sordo-Bahamonde, S Lorenzo-Herrero… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are major contributors to immunosurveillance and control of tumor
development by inducing apoptosis of malignant cells. Among the main mechanisms …

The role of the cytoskeleton in regulating the natural killer cell immune response in health and disease: from signaling dynamics to function

A Ben-Shmuel, B Sabag, G Biber… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphoid cells, which play key roles in elimination of
virally infected and malignant cells. The balance between activating and inhibitory signals …