[HTML][HTML] Circulating tumor cell-blood cell crosstalk: Biology and clinical relevance

T Pereira-Veiga, S Schneegans, K Pantel, H Wikman - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are the seeds of distant metastasis, and the number of CTCs
detected in the blood of cancer patients is associated with a worse prognosis. CTCs face …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-responsive cavitation nuclei for therapy and drug delivery

K Kooiman, S Roovers, SAG Langeveld… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Therapeutic ultrasound strategies that harness the mechanical activity of cavitation nuclei for
beneficial tissue bio-effects are actively under development. The mechanical oscillations of …

An injectable hydrogel using an immunomodulating gelator for amplified tumor immunotherapy by blocking the arginase pathway

X Ren, N Wang, Y Zhou, A Song, G Jin, Z Li, Y Luan - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Arginase 1 (ARG1) inactivates T cells by degrading L-arginine, severely reducing
the immunotherapeutic efficacy. Effectively blocking the ARG1 pathway remains a …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] PD-1/PD-L1 blockade as a novel treatment for colorectal cancer

N Yaghoubi, A Soltani, K Ghazvini… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer (CRC), as a prominent cause of cancer-related deaths, has historically
been notable worldwide and many attempts have been made to raise the overall survival of …

The role of cytokines in the regulation of NK cells in the tumor environment

GM Konjević, AM Vuletić, KMM Martinović, AK Larsen… - Cytokine, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphoid cells that are important effectors in the first line
of defense toward transformed cells. This is mediated both by direct cytotoxic mechanisms …

Injectable bioresponsive gel depot for enhanced immune checkpoint blockade

S Yu, C Wang, J Yu, J Wang, Y Lu, Y Zhang… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Although cancer immunotherapy based on immune checkpoint inhibitors holds great
promise toward many types of cancers, several challenges still remain, associated with low …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the αv integrin/TGF-β axis improves natural killer cell function against glioblastoma stem cells

H Shaim, M Shanley, R Basar, M Daher… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive brain cancer, recurs because
glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) are resistant to all standard therapies. We showed that …

[HTML][HTML] The application of natural killer cell immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer

K Rezvani, RH Rouce - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are essential components of the innate immune system and play a
critical role in host immunity against cancer. Recent progress in our understanding of NK cell …

[HTML][HTML] Immune evasion by cancer stem cells

H Tsuchiya, G Shiota - Regenerative Therapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Tumor immunity represents a new avenue for cancer therapy. Immune checkpoint inhibitors
have successfully improved outcomes in several tumor types. In addition, currently, immune …