Control of metastasis by NK cells

A López-Soto, S Gonzalez, MJ Smyth, L Galluzzi - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
The metastatic spread of malignant cells to distant anatomical locations is a prominent
cause of cancer-related death. Metastasis is governed by cancer-cell-intrinsic mechanisms …

EMT transcription factors in cancer development re-evaluated: Beyond EMT and MET

S Goossens, N Vandamme, P Van Vlierberghe… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2017 - Elsevier
Reactivation of an embryonic epithelial-to-mesenchymal (EMT) program is commonly
accepted as a core component of carcinoma progression. Collectively, EMT and …

Hematopoietic cell transplantation donor-derived memory-like NK cells functionally persist after transfer into patients with leukemia

MM Berrien-Elliott, JA Foltz… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphoid cells that eliminate cancer cells, produce
cytokines, and are being investigated as a nascent cellular immunotherapy. Impaired NK …

Heterogeneity of human bone marrow and blood natural killer cells defined by single-cell transcriptome

C Yang, JR Siebert, R Burns, ZJ Gerbec… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are critical to both innate and adaptive immunity. However, the
development and heterogeneity of human NK cells are yet to be fully defined. Using single …

[HTML][HTML] Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 5 (S1PR5) regulates the peripheral retention of tissue-resident lymphocytes

M Evrard, E Wynne-Jones, C Peng, Y Kato… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells provide long-lasting immune protection. One of the
key events controlling TRM cell development is the local retention of TRM cell precursors …

A2AR adenosine signaling suppresses natural killer cell maturation in the tumor microenvironment

A Young, SF Ngiow, Y Gao, AM Patch, DS Barkauskas… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Extracellular adenosine is a key immunosuppressive metabolite that restricts activation of
cytotoxic lymphocytes and impairs antitumor immune responses. Here, we show that …

SMAD4 impedes the conversion of NK cells into ILC1-like cells by curtailing non-canonical TGF-β signaling

VS Cortez, TK Ulland, L Cervantes-Barragan… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Among the features that distinguish type 1 innate lymphoid cells (ILC1s) from natural killer
(NK) cells is a gene signature indicative of'imprinting'by cytokines of the TGF-β family. We …

Multi-tissue single-cell analysis deconstructs the complex programs of mouse natural killer and type 1 innate lymphoid cells in tissues and circulation

AP McFarland, A Yalin, SY Wang, VS Cortez… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Natural killer (NK) cells and type 1 innate lymphoid cells (ILC1s) are heterogenous innate
lymphocytes broadly defined in mice as Lin− NK1. 1+ NKp46+ cells that express the …

Efficiency and target derepression of anti-miR-92a: results of a first in human study

WT Abplanalp, A Fischer, D John, AM Zeiher… - Nucleic acid …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
MicroRNA (miRNA) inhibition is a promising therapeutic strategy in several disease
indications. MRG-110 is a locked nucleic acid-based antisense oligonucleotide that targets …

Control of nutrient uptake by IRF4 orchestrates innate immune memory

EK Santosa, H Kim, T Rückert, JB Le Luduec… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate cytotoxic lymphocytes with adaptive immune features,
including antigen specificity, clonal expansion and memory. As such, NK cells share many …