CAR-NK cells for cancer immunotherapy: from bench to bedside

L Zhang, Y Meng, X Feng, Z Han - Biomarker Research, 2022 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cells are unique innate immune cells and manifest rapid and potent
cytotoxicity for cancer immunotherapy and pathogen removal without the requirement of …

Emerging targeted therapies for HER2-positive breast cancer

MF Mercogliano, S Bruni, FL Mauro, R Schillaci - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary HER2-positive breast cancer (BC), which accounts for~ 20% of BC, is one
of the more aggressive and has the worst overall survival rate among them. These patients …

CAR-T and CAR-NK as cellular cancer immunotherapy for solid tumors

L Peng, G Sferruzza, L Yang, L Zhou… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
In the past decade, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has emerged as a
promising immunotherapeutic approach for combating cancers, demonstrating remarkable …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer immunotherapy based on natural killer cells: current progress and new opportunities

W Hu, G Wang, D Huang, M Sui, Y Xu - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cancer immunotherapy has been firmly established as a new milestone for cancer therapy,
with the development of multiple immune cells as therapeutic tools. Natural killer (NK) cells …

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 …

Current perspectives on “Off-The-Shelf” allogeneic NK and CAR-NK cell therapies

EL Heipertz, ER Zynda, TE Stav-Noraas… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer cells (NK cells) are the first line of the innate immune defense system, primarily
located in peripheral circulation and lymphoid tissues. They kill virally infected and …

Radiotherapy and immunotherapy: a beneficial liaison?

RR Weichselbaum, H Liang, L Deng… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2017 - nature.com
Investigations into the interaction between radiotherapy and the host immune system have
uncovered new mechanisms that can potentially be exploited to improve the efficacy of …

NK cells and cancer: you can teach innate cells new tricks

MG Morvan, LL Lanier - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are the prototype innate lymphoid cells endowed with potent cytolytic
function that provide host defence against microbial infection and tumours. Here, we review …

[HTML][HTML] CAR T cell therapy: A new era for cancer treatment

R Mohanty, CR Chowdhury, S Arega… - Oncology …, 2019 - spandidos-publications.com
Cancer has recently been identified as the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Several
conventional treatments and cytotoxic immunotherapies have been developed and made …

Engineering natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapy

K Rezvani, R Rouce, E Liu, E Shpall - Molecular Therapy, 2017 - cell.com
The past several years have seen tremendous advances in the engineering of immune
effector cells as therapy for cancer. While chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have been …