NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy: from basic biology to clinical development

S Liu, V Galat, Y Galat4, YKA Lee… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cell is a specialized immune effector cell type that plays a critical role in
immune activation against abnormal cells. Different from events required for T cell activation …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering CAR-T cells for next-generation cancer therapy

M Hong, JD Clubb, YY Chen - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
T cells engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) with tumor specificity have
shown remarkable success in treating patients with hematologic malignancies and …

CAR-NK cells for cancer immunotherapy: from bench to bedside

L Zhang, Y Meng, X Feng, Z Han - Biomarker Research, 2022 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cells are unique innate immune cells and manifest rapid and potent
cytotoxicity for cancer immunotherapy and pathogen removal without the requirement of …

Natural killer cells in clinical development as non-engineered, engineered, and combination therapies

N Lamers-Kok, D Panella, AM Georgoudaki… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cells are unique immune effectors able to kill cancer cells by direct
recognition of surface ligands, without prior sensitization. Allogeneic NK transfer is a highly …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer immunotherapy based on natural killer cells: current progress and new opportunities

W Hu, G Wang, D Huang, M Sui, Y Xu - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cancer immunotherapy has been firmly established as a new milestone for cancer therapy,
with the development of multiple immune cells as therapeutic tools. Natural killer (NK) cells …

Targeting natural killer cells in cancer immunotherapy

C Guillerey, ND Huntington, MJ Smyth - Nature immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Alteration in the expression of cell-surface proteins is a common consequence of malignant
transformation. Natural killer (NK) cells use an array of germline-encoded activating and …

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] CAR T cell-based immunotherapy for the treatment of glioblastoma

L Maggs, G Cattaneo, AE Dal… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive malignant primary brain
tumor in adults. Current treatment options typically consist of surgery followed by …

[HTML][HTML] CAR-NK for tumor immunotherapy: Clinical transformation and future prospects

W Wang, J Jiang, C Wu - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, the use of chimeric antigen receptor-modified T (CAR-T)-cells in the treatment of
hematological tumors has been successful and has become a clinical hotspot in tumor …

Immune checkpoint molecules in natural killer cells as potential targets for cancer immunotherapy

Y Cao, X Wang, T Jin, Y Tian, C Dai… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Recent studies have demonstrated the potential of natural killer (NK) cells in immunotherapy
to treat multiple types of cancer. NK cells are innate lymphoid cells that play essential roles …