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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] TIGIT in cancer immunotherapy

JM Chauvin, HM Zarour - Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tumors evade immune-mediated recognition through multiple mechanisms of immune
escape. On chronic tumor antigen exposure, T cells become dysfunctional/exhausted and …

Nanomaterials in tumor immunotherapy: new strategies and challenges

X Zhu, S Li - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Tumor immunotherapy exerts its anti-tumor effects by stimulating and enhancing immune
responses of the body. It has become another important modality of anti-tumor therapy with …

Cancer immunoediting and resistance to T cell-based immunotherapy

JS O'Donnell, MWL Teng, MJ Smyth - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2019 - nature.com
Anticancer immunotherapies involving the use of immune-checkpoint inhibitors or adoptive
cellular transfer have emerged as new therapeutic pillars within oncology. These treatments …

TIGIT as an emerging immune checkpoint

H Harjunpää, C Guillerey - Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
T cell immunoglobulin and ITIM domain (TIGIT) is an inhibitory receptor expressed on
lymphocytes that was recently propelled under the spotlight as a major emerging target in …

The lung microenvironment: an important regulator of tumour growth and metastasis

NK Altorki, GJ Markowitz, D Gao, JL Port… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Lung cancer is a major global health problem, as it is the leading cause of cancer-related
deaths worldwide. Major advances in the identification of key mutational alterations have led …

Natural killer cells: a promising immunotherapy for cancer

J Chu, F Gao, M Yan, S Zhao, Z Yan, B Shi… - Journal of translational …, 2022 - Springer
As a promising alternative platform for cellular immunotherapy, natural killer cells (NK) have
recently gained attention as an important type of innate immune regulatory cell. NK cells can …

A natural killer–dendritic cell axis defines checkpoint therapy–responsive tumor microenvironments

KC Barry, J Hsu, ML Broz, FJ Cueto, M Binnewies… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Intratumoral stimulatory dendritic cells (SDCs) play an important role in stimulating cytotoxic
T cells and driving immune responses against cancer. Understanding the mechanisms that …

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 …