[HTML][HTML] The ovarian cancer tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) as target for therapy: a focus on innate immunity cells as therapeutic effectors

D Baci, A Bosi, M Gallazzi, M Rizzi, DM Noonan… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ovarian cancer (OvCA) accounts for one of the leading causes of death from gynecologic
malignancy. Despite progress in therapy improvements in OvCA, most patients develop a …

Matrix control of pancreatic cancer: New insights into fibronectin signaling

M Topalovski, RA Brekken - Cancer letters, 2016 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a highly metastatic disease that resists most
current therapies. A defining characteristic of PDA is an intense fibrotic response that …

The mechanism of anti–PD-L1 antibody efficacy against PD-L1–negative tumors identifies NK cells expressing PD-L1 as a cytolytic effector

W Dong, X Wu, S Ma, Y Wang, AP Nalin, Z Zhu… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
Blockade of PD-L1 expression on tumor cells via anti–PD-L1 monoclonal antibody (mAb)
has shown great promise for successful cancer treatment by overcoming T-cell exhaustion; …

Decreased expression of DNAM‐1 on NK cells from acute myeloid leukemia patients

B Sanchez‐Correa, I Gayoso… - Immunology and cell …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This study tested the hypothesis that the expression of CD112 and CD155 (DNAM‐1
ligands) on leukemic blasts induces a decreased expression of the activating receptor …

[HTML][HTML] Complement-independent bystander injury in AQP4-IgG seropositive neuromyelitis optica produced by antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity

T Duan, AJ Smith, AS Verkman - Acta neuropathologica communications, 2019 - Springer
Cellular injury in AQP4-IgG seropositive neuromyelitis spectrum disorder (herein called
NMO) involves AQP4-IgG binding to astrocytes, resulting in astrocyte injury by complement …

Neuromyelitis optica IgG and natural killer cells produce NMO lesions in mice without myelin loss

J Ratelade, H Zhang, S Saadoun, JL Bennett… - Acta …, 2012 - Springer
The pathogenesis of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) involves targeting of NMO-immunoglobulin
G (NMO-IgG) to aquaporin-4 (AQP4) on astrocytes in the central nervous system. Prior work …

TIGIT immune checkpoint blockade enhances immunity of human peripheral blood NK cells against castration-resistant prostate cancer

F Wang, S Liu, F Liu, T Xu, J Ma, J Liang, J Wang, D Liu… - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients have a 14-month median survival,
emphasizing the need for alternative treatments. Previously, we demonstrated that …

[HTML][HTML] Humanized mice are precious tools for preclinical evaluation of CAR T and CAR NK cell therapies

R Mhaidly, E Verhoeyen - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy represents a revolutionary treatment for
hematological malignancies. However, improvements in CAR T-cell therapies are urgently …

[HTML][HTML] Role of DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit in cancer development and treatment

FM Hsu, S Zhang, BPC Chen - Translational cancer research, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs), a key component of the non-
homologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathway, is involved in DNA double-strand break repair …

Dendritic-cell exosomes cross-present Toll-like receptor-ligands and activate bystander dendritic cells

A Sobo-Vujanovic, S Munich, NL Vujanovic - Cellular immunology, 2014 - Elsevier
Dendritic cells (DCs) are the major sentinel, antigen-presenting and regulatory components
of the immune system. One of the central DC functions is to rapidly sense and alert host …