[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 …

TNF in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors: friend or foe?

AY Chen, JD Wolchok, AR Bass - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2021 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are effective in the treatment of patients with advanced
cancer and have emerged as a pillar of standard cancer care. However, their use is …

Cancer cell-derived exosomal circUHRF1 induces natural killer cell exhaustion and may cause resistance to anti-PD1 therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma

PF Zhang, C Gao, XY Huang, JC Lu, XJ Guo, GM Shi… - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Objective Natural killer (NK) cells play a critical role in the innate antitumor immune
response. Recently, NK cell dysfunction has been verified in various malignant tumors …

[HTML][HTML] Natural killer cells in SARS-CoV-2 infection: pathophysiology and therapeutic implications

C Di Vito, F Calcaterra, N Coianiz, S Terzoli… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Natural Killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes of the innate immunity that play a crucial role in the
control of viral infections in the absence of a prior antigen sensitization. Indeed, they display …

[HTML][HTML] Unleashing natural killer cells in the tumor microenvironment–the next generation of immunotherapy?

A Ben-Shmuel, G Biber, M Barda-Saad - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The emergence of immunotherapy for cancer treatment bears considerable clinical promise.
Nevertheless, many patients remain unresponsive, acquire resistance, or suffer dose …

Beyond T cell exhaustion: TIM-3 regulation of myeloid cells

KO Dixon, GF Lahore, VK Kuchroo - Science immunology, 2024 - science.org
T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 3 (TIM-3) is an important
immune checkpoint molecule initially identified as a marker of IFN-γ–producing CD4+ and …

NK cells in the tumor microenvironment

C Guillerey - Tumor Microenvironment: Hematopoietic Cells–Part B, 2020 - Springer
Natural killer cells are powerful effectors of innate immunity that constitute a first line of
defense against cancer. NK cells express an array of germline-encoded receptors which …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy and its combined therapies in hepatocellular carcinoma: from mechanisms to clinical trials

H Jin, S Qin, J He, J Xiao, Q Li, Y Mao… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most lethal tumors in China and worldwide,
although first-line therapies for HCC, such as atezolizumab and bevacizumab, have been …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting NK cell checkpoint receptors or molecules for cancer immunotherapy

C Zhang, Y Liu - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Checkpoint blockade therapy, for example using antibodies against CTLA-4 and PD-1/PD-
L1, relieves T cells from the suppression by inhibitory checkpoints in the tumor …

Inhibitory receptors and immune checkpoints regulating natural killer cell responses to cancer

I Buckle, C Guillerey - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Recent years marked the discovery and increased understanding of the
role immune checkpoints play in immunity against cancer. This has revolutionized cancer …