CAR-cell therapy in the era of solid tumor treatment: current challenges and emerging therapeutic advances

KM Maalej, M Merhi, VP Inchakalody, S Mestiri… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
In the last decade, Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has emerged as a
promising immunotherapeutic approach to fight cancers. This approach consists of …

Natural killer cells in antitumour adoptive cell immunotherapy

TJ Laskowski, A Biederstädt, K Rezvani - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells comprise a unique population of innate lymphoid cells endowed with
intrinsic abilities to identify and eliminate virally infected cells and tumour cells. Possessing …

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 …

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 …

Harnessing natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapy: dispatching the first responders

NA Maskalenko, D Zhigarev… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells have crucial roles in the innate immunosurveillance of cancer and
viral infections. They are 'first responders' that can spontaneously recognize abnormal cells …

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 …

Natural killer cells in clinical development as non-engineered, engineered, and combination therapies

N Lamers-Kok, D Panella, AM Georgoudaki… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cells are unique immune effectors able to kill cancer cells by direct
recognition of surface ligands, without prior sensitization. Allogeneic NK transfer is a highly …

Chimeric antigen receptor natural killer (CAR-NK) cell design and engineering for cancer therapy

Y Gong, RGJ Klein Wolterink, J Wang, GMJ Bos… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Due to their efficient recognition and lysis of malignant cells, natural killer (NK) cells are
considered as specialized immune cells that can be genetically modified to obtain capable …

NK cells for cancer immunotherapy

N Shimasaki, A Jain, D Campana - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2020 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells can swiftly kill multiple adjacent cells if these show surface markers
associated with oncogenic transformation. This property, which is unique among immune …