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 …

The role of natural killer cells in autoimmune diseases

UC Kucuksezer, E Aktas Cetin, F Esen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells, the large granular lymphocytes differentiated from the common
lymphoid progenitors, were discovered in early 1970's. They are members of innate …

NK cells recognize and kill human glioblastoma cells with stem cell-like properties

R Castriconi, A Daga, A Dondero, G Zona… - The Journal of …, 2009 - journals.aai.org
In this study, cancer cells were isolated from tumor specimens of nine glioblastoma patients.
Glioblastoma cells, cultured under suitable culture conditions, displayed markers typical of …

[HTML][HTML] Human iPSC-derived natural killer cells engineered with chimeric antigen receptors enhance anti-tumor activity

Y Li, DL Hermanson, BS Moriarity, DS Kaufman - Cell stem cell, 2018 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) significantly enhance the anti-tumor activity of immune
effector cells. Although most studies have evaluated CAR expression in T cells, here we …

The natural cytotoxicity receptors in health and disease

AD Barrow, CJ Martin, M Colonna - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors (NCRs), NKp46, NKp44, and NKp30, were some of the
first human activating Natural Killer (NK) cell receptors involved in the non-MHC-restricted …

Recent advances in targeting CD8 T-cell immunity for more effective cancer immunotherapy

A Durgeau, Y Virk, S Corgnac… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Recent advances in cancer treatment have emerged from new immunotherapies targeting T-
cell inhibitory receptors, including cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen (CTLA)-4 and …

Regulation of ligands for the NKG2D activating receptor

DH Raulet, S Gasser, BG Gowen… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
NKG2D is an activating receptor expressed by all NK cells and subsets of T cells. It serves
as a major recognition receptor for detection and elimination of transformed and infected …

NKG2D and its ligands:“one for all, all for one”

A Zingoni, R Molfetta, C Fionda, A Soriani… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The activating receptor NKG2D is peculiar in its capability to bind to numerous and highly
diversified MHC class I-like self-molecules. These ligands are poorly expressed on normal …

Genome-wide association study in alopecia areata implicates both innate and adaptive immunity

L Petukhova, M Duvic, M Hordinsky, D Norris, V Price… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Alopecia areata (AA) is among the most highly prevalent human autoimmune diseases,
leading to disfiguring hair loss due to the collapse of immune privilege of the hair follicle and …

Genome of the Chinese tree shrew

Y Fan, ZY Huang, CC Cao, CS Chen, YX Chen… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Chinese tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri chinensis) possess many features valuable in
animals used as experimental models in biomedical research. Currently, there are …