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 …

Nano drug delivery system for tumor immunotherapy: next-generation therapeutics

L Zhou, M Zou, Y Xu, P Lin, C Lei, X Xia - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tumor immunotherapy is an artificial stimulation of the immune system to enhance anti-
cancer response. It has become a powerful clinical strategy for treating cancer. The number …

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 …

Metformin and cancer immunity

R Ma, B Yi, AI Riker, Y Xi - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2020 - nature.com
The immune system plays an essential and central role in tumor cell differentiation,
proliferation, angiogenesis, apoptosis, invasion, and metastasis. Over the past decade …

Boosting natural killer cell-based cancer immunotherapy with selenocystine/transforming growth factor-beta inhibitor-encapsulated nanoemulsion

C Liu, H Lai, T Chen - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy represents a promising strategy to overcome
the bottlenecks of cancer treatment. However, the therapeutic efficacy is greatly limited by …

Biomimetic nanocarriers guide extracellular ATP homeostasis to remodel energy metabolism for activating innate and adaptive immunity system

L Wu, W Xie, Y Li, Q Ni, P Timashev, M Lyu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metabolic interventions via targeting intratumoral dysregulated metabolism pathways have
shown promise in reinvigorating antitumor immunity. However, approved small molecule …

Recent advances in cancer vaccines: challenges, achievements, and futuristic prospects

M Gupta, A Wahi, P Sharma, R Nagpal, N Raina… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a chronic disease, and it can be lethal due to limited therapeutic options. The
conventional treatment options for cancer have numerous challenges, such as a low blood …

Ruthenium complexes boost NK cell immunotherapy via sensitizing triple-negative breast cancer and shaping immuno-microenvironment

Q Chen, L He, X Li, L Xu, T Chen - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Discovery of effective chemical sensitizers to synergize with natural killer cells
immunotherapy is urgently desired to overcome its unsatisfactory efficacy in clinic. Herein …

The future of cancer immunotherapy: DNA vaccines leading the way

A Pandya, Y Shah, N Kothari, H Postwala, A Shah… - Medical Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Immuno-oncology has revolutionized cancer treatment and has opened up new
opportunities for developing vaccination methods. DNA-based cancer vaccines have …

Natural killer cells suppress T cell-associated tumor immune evasion

AJ Freeman, SJ Vervoort, KM Ramsbottom, MJ Kelly… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Despite the clinical success of cancer immunotherapies, the majority of patients fail to
respond or develop resistance through disruption of pathways that promote neo-antigen …