Natural Killer cells at the frontline in the fight against cancer

L Coënon, M Geindreau, F Ghiringhelli, M Villalba… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Natural Killer (NK) cells are innate immune cells that play a pivotal role as first line
defenders in the anti-tumor response. To prevent tumor development, NK cells are …

High-dimensional single-cell analysis of human natural killer cell heterogeneity

L Rebuffet, JE Melsen, B Escalière… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) contributing to immune responses to
microbes and tumors. Historically, their classification hinged on a limited array of surface …

Targeting metabolic dysfunction of CD8 T cells and natural killer cells in cancer

S Viel, E Vivier, T Walzer, A Marçais - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
The importance of metabolic pathways in regulating immune responses is now well
established, and a map** of the bioenergetic metabolism of different immune cell types is …

Tumour-retained activated CCR7+ dendritic cells are heterogeneous and regulate local anti-tumour cytolytic activity

CYC Lee, BC Kennedy, N Richoz, I Dean… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Tumour dendritic cells (DCs) internalise antigen and upregulate CCR7, which directs their
migration to tumour-draining lymph nodes (dLN). CCR7 expression is coupled to an …

Recipient tissue microenvironment determines developmental path of intestinal innate lymphoid progenitors

PA Clark, M Gogoi, N Rodriguez-Rodriguez… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are critical in maintaining tissue homeostasis, and during
infection and inflammation. Here we identify, by using combinatorial reporter mice, a rare …

Dichotomous outcomes of TNFR1 and TNFR2 signaling in NK cell-mediated immune responses during inflammation

TR McCulloch, GR Rossi, L Alim, PY Lam… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cell function is regulated by a balance of activating and inhibitory signals.
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is an inflammatory cytokine ubiquitous across homeostasis and …

Autocrine TGF-β1 drives tissue-specific differentiation and function of resident NK cells

C Sparano, D Solís-Sayago, NS Zangger… - Journal of Experimental …, 2025 - rupress.org
Group 1 innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) encompass NK cells and ILC1s, which have non-
redundant roles in host protection against pathogens and cancer. Despite their circulating …

[HTML][HTML] Immunometabolism of ferroptosis in the tumor microenvironment

GL Lupica-Tondo, EN Arner… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of cell death that results from excess lipid peroxidation
in cellular membranes. Within the last decade, physiological and pathological roles for …

Interfering with KIR and NKG2A immune checkpoint axes to unleash NK cell immunotherapy

NA Beelen, VTC Valckx, GMJ Bos, L Wieten - Best Practice & Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to their intrinsic ability to eliminate malignant cells, natural killer (NK) cells emerge as a
promising immunotherapy for cancer. While clinical studies have affirmed the safety of NK …

NAC1 promotes stemness and regulates myeloid-derived cell status in triple-negative breast cancer

C Ngule, R Shi, X Ren, H Jia, F Oyelami, D Li, Y Park… - Molecular cancer, 2024 - Springer
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a particularly lethal breast cancer (BC) subtype
driven by cancer stem cells (CSCs) and an immunosuppressive microenvironment. Our …