NK cell subsets and dysfunction during viral infection: a new avenue for therapeutics?

JC Bjorgen, JK Dick, R Cromarty, GT Hart… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In the setting of viral challenge, natural killer (NK) cells play an important role as an early
immune responder against infection. During this response, significant changes in the NK cell …

Memory-like differentiation, tumor-targeting mAbs, and chimeric antigen receptors enhance natural killer cell responses to head and neck cancer

MT Jacobs, P Wong, AY Zhou, M Becker-Hapak… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Purpose: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is an aggressive tumor with
low response rates to frontline PD-1 blockade. Natural killer (NK) cells are a promising …

[HTML][HTML] NKG2A gene variant predicts outcome of immunotherapy in AML and modulates the repertoire and function of NK cells

BA Hussein, L Kristenson, S Pesce… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The natural killer (NK) complex (NKC) harbors multiple genes such as KLRC1
(encoding NKG2A) and KLRK1 (encoding NKG2D) that are central to regulation of NK cell …

NK cell defects: implication in acute myeloid leukemia

SZ D'Silva, M Singh, AS Pinto - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a complex disease with rapid progression and
poor/unsatisfactory outcomes. In the past few years, the focus has been on developing …

CAR memory–like NK cells targeting the membrane proximal domain of mesothelin demonstrate promising activity in ovarian cancer

M Tarannum, K Dinh, J Vergara, G Birch… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remains one of the most lethal gynecological cancers.
Cytokine-induced memory–like (CIML) natural killer (NK) cells have shown promising results …

Enhanced expression of natural cytotoxicity receptors on cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells correlates with effector function

S Carreira-Santos, N López-Sejas… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Natural killer (NK) cells are a key component of the innate immune system,
involved in defending the host against virus-infected cells and tumor immunosurveillance …

Next generation immuno-oncology strategies: unleashing NK cells activity

A Mendoza-Valderrey, M Alvarez, A De Maria… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, immunotherapy has become a powerful therapeutic option against multiple
malignancies. The unique capacity of natural killer (NK) cells to attack cancer cells without …

The delicate balance of graft versus leukemia and graft versus host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

K Maurer, RJ Soiffer - Expert Review of Hematology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The curative basis of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
relies in part upon the graft versus leukemia (GvL) effect, whereby donor immune cells …

The graft versus leukemia effect: Donor lymphocyte infusions and cellular therapy

K Maurer, JH Antin - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a potentially curative therapy
for many hematologic malignancies as well as non-malignant conditions. Part of the curative …

Chimeric antigen receptor natural killer cells: a promising antitumor immunotherapy

Y Wang, S Jin, Q Zhuang, N Liu, R Chen, SA Adam… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have been successfully used in adoptive cell
therapy for malignancies. However, some obstacles, including side effects such as graft …