Natural killer cell homing and trafficking in tissues and tumors: from biology to application

GH Ran, YQ Lin, L Tian, T Zhang, DM Yan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells, a subgroup of innate lymphoid cells, act as the first line of defense
against cancer. Although some evidence shows that NK cells can develop in secondary …

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 …

Mechanism insights and therapeutic intervention of tumor metastasis: latest developments and perspectives

X Shi, X Wang, W Yao, D Shi, X Shao, Z Lu… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Metastasis remains a pivotal characteristic of cancer and is the primary contributor to cancer-
associated mortality. Despite its significance, the mechanisms governing metastasis are not …

Autophagy in the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (Batten disease)

WD Kim, MLDM Wilson-Smillie… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs), also referred to as Batten disease, are a family
of neurodegenerative diseases that affect all age groups and ethnicities around the globe. At …

Immune circuits to shape natural killer cells in cancer

I Mattiola - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Natural killer (NK) cells are circulating innate lymphocytes endowed with
antitumoral functions. NK cells are the innate counterpart of effector T cells and among the …

[HTML][HTML] PGRN exacerbates the progression of non-small cell lung cancer via PI3K/AKT/Bcl-2 antiapoptotic signaling

S Chen, M Bie, X Wang, M Fan, B Chen, Q Shi… - Genes & Diseases, 2022 - Elsevier
Progranulin (PGRN) is a growth factor that is involved in the progression of multiple tumors.
However, the effects and molecular mechanisms by which PGRN induces lung cancer …

[HTML][HTML] KIR2DS2 expression identifies NK cells with enhanced anticancer activity

MD Blunt, A Vallejo Pulido, JG Fisher… - The Journal of …, 2022 - journals.aai.org
NK cells are promising cellular therapeutics against hematological and solid malignancies.
Immunogenetic studies have identified that various activating killer cell Ig-like receptors …

[HTML][HTML] Involvement of progranulin (PGRN) in the pathogenesis and prognosis of breast cancer

D Purrahman, MR Mahmoudian-Sani, N Saki… - Cytokine, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast cancer constitute a common type of oncological disease with a highlighted mortality
rate. In recent years, researchers have introduced progranulin (PGRN) as an novel potential …

Progranulin, a moderator of estrogen/estrogen receptor α binding, regulates bone homeostasis through PERK/p-eIF2 signaling pathway

Y Yang, N Feng, L Liang, R Jiang, Y Pan… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Under normal conditions, the human body employs the synergistic action of osteoblasts and
osteoclasts to maintain a dynamic balance between bone formation and resorption. Bone …

Analysis of melanoma secretome for factors that directly disrupt the barrier integrity of brain endothelial cells

A Anchan, O Martin, JJW Hucklesby, G Finlay… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
We have recently demonstrated that invasive melanoma cells are capable of disrupting the
brain endothelial barrier integrity. This was shown using ECIS biosensor technology, which …