Exploring treatment options in cancer: tumor treatment strategies

B Liu, H Zhou, L Tan, KTH Siu, XY Guan - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Traditional therapeutic approaches such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy have
burdened cancer patients with onerous physical and psychological challenges …

CAR-T and CAR-NK as cellular cancer immunotherapy for solid tumors

L Peng, G Sferruzza, L Yang, L Zhou… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
In the past decade, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has emerged as a
promising immunotherapeutic approach for combating cancers, demonstrating remarkable …

CRISPR/Cas9 editing of NKG2A improves the efficacy of primary CD33-directed chimeric antigen receptor natural killer cells

T Bexte, N Albinger, A Al Ajami, P Wendel… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-modified natural killer (NK) cells show antileukemic activity
against acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in vivo. However, NK cell-mediated tumor killing is …

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 …

In vivo AAV–SB-CRISPR screens of tumor-infiltrating primary NK cells identify genetic checkpoints of CAR-NK therapy

L Peng, PA Renauer, G Sferruzza, L Yang, Y Zou… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells have clinical potential against cancer; however, multiple limitations
hinder the success of NK cell therapy. Here, we performed unbiased functional map** of …

CD28 costimulation augments CAR signaling in NK cells via the LCK/CD3ζ/ZAP70 signaling axis

S Acharya, R Basar, M Daher, H Rafei, P Li… - Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Multiple factors in the design of a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) influence CAR T-cell
activity, with costimulatory signals being a key component. Yet, the impact of costimulatory …

Enhancing cellular immunotherapies in cancer by engineering selective therapeutic resistance

N Wellhausen, J Baek, SI Gill, CH June - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Adoptive cell therapies engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) or
transgenic T cell receptors (TCRs) to recognize and eliminate cancer cells have emerged as …

Comprehensive snapshots of natural killer cells functions, signaling, molecular mechanisms and clinical utilization

S Chen, H Zhu, Y Jounaidi - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells, initially identified for their rapid virus-infected and leukemia cell
killing and tumor destruction, are pivotal in immunity. They exhibit multifaceted roles in …

Interleukin-21 engineering enhances NK cell activity against glioblastoma via CEBPD

M Shanley, M Daher, J Dou, S Li, R Basar, H Rafei… - Cancer cell, 2024 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive brain cancer with limited therapeutic options. Natural
killer (NK) cells are innate immune cells with strong anti-tumor activity and may offer a …

Non-viral vectors for chimeric antigen receptor immunotherapy

US Tretbar, JG Rurik, EH Rustad, D Sürün… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has demonstrated remarkable efficacy in
haematological malignancies. However, although viral vector-based methods are effective …