Mechanisms driving the immunoregulatory function of cancer cells

A van Weverwijk, KE de Visser - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Tumours display an astonishing variation in the spatial distribution, composition and
activation state of immune cells, which impacts their progression and response to …

Cancer cell-intrinsic mechanisms driving acquired immune tolerance

E Ghorani, C Swanton, SA Quezada - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Immune evasion is a hallmark of cancer, enabling tumors to survive contact with the host
immune system and evade the cycle of immune recognition and destruction. Here, we …

NKG2D ligands as therapeutic targets

P Spear, MR Wu, ML Sentman, CL Sentman - Cancer immunity, 2013 - AACR
Abstract The Natural Killer Group 2D (NKG2D) receptor plays an important role in protecting
the host from infections and cancer. By recognizing ligands induced on infected or tumor …

Natural killer cell therapy targeting cancer stem cells: old wine in a new bottle

F Guo, Y Zhang, L Bai, J Cui - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
A small proportion of cancer cells that have stem cell-like properties are known as cancer
stem cells (CSCs). They can be used to identify malignant tumor phenotypes and patients …

PD-L1 overexpression is partially regulated by EGFR/HER2 signaling and associated with poor prognosis in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

R Okita, A Maeda, K Shimizu, Y Nojima… - Cancer Immunology …, 2017 - Springer
Immunocheckpoint inhibitors targeting the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and PD-1 ligand
1 (PD-L1) axis have shown promising results in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer …

Generation of soluble NKG 2 D ligands: proteolytic cleavage, exosome secretion and functional implications

G Chitadze, J Bhat, M Lettau… - Scandinavian journal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The activating natural killer group 2 member D (NKG 2 D) receptor is expressed on NK cells,
cytotoxic T cells and additional T cell subsets. Ligands for human NKG 2 D comprise two …

Regulation of NKG2D stress ligands and its relevance in cancer progression

AB Jones, A Rocco, LS Lamb, GK Friedman… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immune surveillance during periods of cellular stress is necessary to
maintain homeostasis. In distressed cells, the expression of stress (natural killer group 2 …

Linking tumor glycolysis and immune evasion in cancer: emerging concepts and therapeutic opportunities

S Ganapathy-Kanniappan - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews …, 2017 - Elsevier
Metabolic reprogramming and immune evasion are two hallmarks of cancer. Metabolic
reprogramming is exemplified by cancer's propensity to utilize glucose at an exponential …

Androgen receptor biology in triple negative breast cancer: a case for classification as AR+ or quadruple negative disease

VN Barton, NC D'Amato, MA Gordon… - Hormones and …, 2015 - Springer
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype that lacks
estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 …

NKG2D/NKG2-ligand pathway offers new opportunities in cancer treatment

A Frazao, L Rethacker, M Messaoudene… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The antitumor functions of NK cells are regulated by the integration of positive and negative
signals triggered by numerous membrane receptors present on the NK cells themselves …