Roles of natural killer cells in immunity to cancer, and applications to immunotherapy

NK Wolf, DU Kissiov, DH Raulet - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Great strides have been made in recent years towards understanding the roles of natural
killer (NK) cells in immunity to tumours and viruses. NK cells are cytotoxic innate lymphoid …

Development of NK cell-based cancer immunotherapies through receptor engineering

A Page, N Chuvin, J Valladeau-Guilemond… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapies are attracting increasing interest in the field
of cancer treatment. Early clinical trials have shown promising outcomes, alongside …

Challenges and new technologies in adoptive cell therapy

P Zhang, G Zhang, X Wan - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Adoptive cell therapies (ACTs) have existed for decades. From the initial infusion of tumor-
infiltrating lymphocytes to the subsequent specific enhanced T cell receptor (TCR)-T and …

Advances in acute myeloid leukemia

LF Newell, RJ Cook - Bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an uncommon but potentially catastrophic diagnosis with
historically high mortality rates. The standard of care treatment remained unchanged for …

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

GH Ran, YQ Lin, L Tian, T Zhang, DM Yan… - … and Targeted Therapy, 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 …

Pain-resolving immune mechanisms in neuropathic pain

NT Fiore, SR Debs, JP Hayes, SS Duffy… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Interactions between the immune and nervous systems are of central importance in
neuropathic pain, a common and debilitating form of chronic pain caused by a lesion or …

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 …

NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy: from basic biology to clinical development

S Liu, V Galat, Y Galat4, YKA Lee… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cell is a specialized immune effector cell type that plays a critical role in
immune activation against abnormal cells. Different from events required for T cell activation …

CAR-NK cells: A promising cellular immunotherapy for cancer

G **e, H Dong, Y Liang, JD Ham, R Rizwan, J Chen - EBioMedicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
Natural Killer (NK) cells and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells are two types of immune cells that can
kill target cells through similar cytotoxic mechanisms. With the remarkable success of …

NK cells and solid tumors: therapeutic potential and persisting obstacles

L Tong, C Jiménez-Cortegana, AHM Tay, S Wickström… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cells, which are innate lymphocytes endowed with potent cytotoxic
activity, have recently attracted attention as potential anticancer therapeutics. While NK cells …