The NK cell–cancer cycle: advances and new challenges in NK cell–based immunotherapies

T Bald, MF Krummel, MJ Smyth, KC Barry - Nature immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells belong to the innate immune system and contribute to protecting the
host through killing of infected, foreign, stressed or transformed cells. Additionally, via …

Multispecific drugs herald a new era of biopharmaceutical innovation

RJ Deshaies - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The modern biopharmaceutical industry traces its roots to the dawn of the twentieth century,
coincident with marketing of aspirin—a signature event in the history of modern drug …

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] NK cell metabolism and tumor microenvironment

I Terrén, A Orrantia, J Vitallé… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Natural Killer (NK) cells are characterized by their potential to kill tumor cells by different
means without previous sensitization and have, therefore, become a valuable tool in cancer …

Chimeric antigen receptor-engineered natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapy

A Yilmaz, H Cui, MA Caligiuri, J Yu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cells are a critical component of the innate immune system. Chimeric
antigen receptors (CARs) re-direct NK cells toward tumor cells carrying corresponding …

Oncolytic viruses for cancer therapy: barriers and recent advances

M Zheng, J Huang, A Tong, H Yang - Molecular Therapy-Oncolytics, 2019 - cell.com
Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are powerful new therapeutic agents in cancer therapy. With the first
OV (talimogene laherparepvec [T-vec]) obtaining US Food and Drug Administration …

[HTML][HTML] CAR-NK cells: from natural basis to design for kill

MB Khawar, H Sun - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are fusion proteins with an extracellular antigen
recognition domain and numerous intracellular signaling domains that have been …

DNAM-1 and the TIGIT/PVRIG/TACTILE axis: novel immune checkpoints for natural killer cell-based cancer immunotherapy

B Sanchez-Correa, I Valhondo, F Hassouneh… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes of the innate immune response characterized by
their role in the destruction of tumor cells. Activation of NK cells depend on a fine balance …

Natural killer cells as allogeneic effectors in adoptive cancer immunotherapy

KB Lupo, S Matosevic - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are attractive within adoptive transfer settings in cancer
immunotherapy due to their potential for allogeneic use; their alloreactivity is enhanced …

Hallmarks of resistance to immune-checkpoint inhibitors

M Karasarides, AP Cogdill, PB Robbins… - Cancer immunology …, 2022 - AACR
Abstract Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), although revolutionary in improving long-term
survival outcomes, are mostly effective in patients with immune-responsive tumors. Most …