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 …

Adoptive cellular immunotherapy for solid neoplasms beyond CAR-T

Q Liu, J Li, H Zheng, S Yang, Y Hua, N Huang, J Kleeff… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
In recent decades, immune checkpoint blockade and chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-
T) therapy are two milestone achievements in clinical immunotherapy. However, both show …

Human NK cells: surface receptors, inhibitory checkpoints, and translational applications

S Sivori, P Vacca, G Del Zotto, E Munari… - Cellular & molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
NK cells play important roles in innate defenses against viruses and in the control of tumor
growth and metastasis. The regulation/induction of NK cell function is mediated by an array …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] NK cells and ILCs in tumor immunotherapy

S Sivori, D Pende, L Quatrini, G Pietra… - Molecular aspects of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cells of the innate immunity play an important role in tumor immunotherapy. Thus, NK cells
can control tumor growth and metastatic spread. Thanks to their strong cytolytic activity …

Targeting natural killer cells in solid tumors

G Habif, A Crinier, P André, E Vivier… - Cellular & molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphoid cells endowed with cytolytic activity and a
capacity to secrete cytokines and chemokines. Several lines of evidence suggest that NK …

Natural killer cells control tumor growth by sensing a growth factor

AD Barrow, MA Edeling, V Trifonov, J Luo, P Goyal… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Many tumors produce platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-DD, which promotes cellular
proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, stromal reaction, and angiogenesis through …

Targeting proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) as an effective strategy to inhibit tumor cell proliferation

M Cardano, C Tribioli, E Prosperi - Current cancer drug targets, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Targeting highly proliferating cells is an important issue for many types of aggressive tumors.
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) is an essential protein that participates in a variety …

Effect of tumor cells and tumor microenvironment on NK‐cell function

M Vitale, C Cantoni, G Pietra… - European journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The ability of tumors to manage an immune‐mediated attack has been recently included in
the “next generation” of cancer hallmarks. In solid tumors, the microenvironment that is …

Remodeled tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) parade via natural killer cells reprogramming in breast cancer

MM Elanany, D Mostafa, NM Hamdy - Life sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast cancer (BC) is the main cause of cancer-related mortality among women globally.
Despite substantial advances in the identification and management of primary tumors …