Targeting natural killer cells in cancer immunotherapy

C Guillerey, ND Huntington, MJ Smyth - Nature immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Alteration in the expression of cell-surface proteins is a common consequence of malignant
transformation. Natural killer (NK) cells use an array of germline-encoded activating and …

Combining immunotherapy and targeted therapies in cancer treatment

M Vanneman, G Dranoff - Nature reviews cancer, 2012 - nature.com
During the past two decades, the paradigm for cancer treatment has evolved from relatively
nonspecific cytotoxic agents to selective, mechanism-based therapeutics. Cancer …

The epigenetics of aging and neurodegeneration

R Lardenoije, A Iatrou, G Kenis, K Kompotis… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Epigenetics is a quickly growing field encompassing mechanisms regulating gene
expression that do not involve changes in the genotype. Epigenetics is of increasing …

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 …

Epigenetics in Alzheimer's disease: perspective of DNA methylation

TJ Qazi, Z Quan, A Mir, H Qing - Molecular Neurobiology, 2018 - Springer
Research over the years has shown that causes of Alzheimer's disease are not well
understood, but over the past years, the involvement of epigenetic mechanisms in the …

Epi-drugs in combination with immunotherapy: a new avenue to improve anticancer efficacy

R Mazzone, C Zwergel, A Mai, S Valente - Clinical epigenetics, 2017 - Springer
Immune checkpoint factors, such as programmed cell death protein-1/2 (PD-1, PD-2) or
cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) receptors, are targets for monoclonal …

Alzheimer's disorder: epigenetic connection and associated risk factors

VK Sharma, V Mehta, TG Singh - Current neuropharmacology, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
The gene based therapeutics and drug targets have shown incredible and appreciable
advances in alleviating human sufferings and complexities. Epigenetics simply means …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of histone deacetylase inhibitors on immune cells and implications for cancer therapy

B Moran, M Davern, JV Reynolds, NE Donlon… - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Many cancers possess the ability to suppress the immune response to malignant cells, thus
facilitating tumour growth and invasion, and this has fuelled research to reverse these …

Evasion of innate immunity contributes to small cell lung cancer progression and metastasis

M Zhu, Y Huang, ME Bender, L Girard, R Kollipara… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a pulmonary neuroendocrine cancer with very poor
prognosis and limited effective therapeutic options. Most patients are diagnosed at …

Epigenetic mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease: implications for pathogenesis and therapy

J Wang, JT Yu, MS Tan, T Jiang, L Tan - Ageing research reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
The vast majority of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are late-onset forms (LOAD) likely due to the
interplay of environmental influences and individual genetic susceptibility. Epigenetic …