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 …

Effect of tumor cells and tumor microenvironment on NK‐cell function

M Vitale, C Cantoni, G Pietra… - European journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The ability of tumors to manage an immune‐mediated attack has been recently included in
the “next generation” of cancer hallmarks. In solid tumors, the microenvironment that is …

Simultaneous enumeration of cancer and immune cell types from bulk tumor gene expression data

J Racle, K de Jonge, P Baumgaertner, DE Speiser… - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Immune cells infiltrating tumors can have important impact on tumor progression and
response to therapy. We present an efficient algorithm to simultaneously estimate the …

[HTML][HTML] Exosomes derived from natural killer cells exert therapeutic effect in melanoma

L Zhu, S Kalimuthu, P Gangadaran, JM Oh, HW Lee… - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: Exosomes are nanovesicles that are released from normal and tumor cells and
are detectable in cell culture supernatant and human biological fluids. Although previous …

IL15 stimulation with TIGIT blockade reverses CD155-mediated NK-cell dysfunction in melanoma

JM Chauvin, M Ka, O Pagliano, C Menna, Q Ding… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: Natural killer (NK) cells play a critical role in tumor immunosurveillance. Multiple
activating and inhibitory receptors (IR) regulate NK-cell–mediated tumor control. The IR T …

CD16 is indispensable for antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity by human monocytes

WH Yeap, KL Wong, N Shimasaki, ECY Teo… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) is exerted by immune cells expressing
surface Fcγ receptors (FcγRs) against cells coated with antibody, such as virus-infected or …

Targeting autophagy inhibits melanoma growth by enhancing NK cells infiltration in a CCL5-dependent manner

T Mgrditchian, T Arakelian, J Paggetti… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
While blocking tumor growth by targeting autophagy is well established, its role on the
infiltration of natural killer (NK) cells into tumors remains unknown. Here, we investigate the …

The Interplay Between Neutrophils and CD8+ T Cells Improves Survival in Human Colorectal Cancer

V Governa, E Trella, V Mele, L Tornillo… - Clinical Cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Purpose: Tumor infiltration by different T lymphocyte subsets is known to be associated with
favorable prognosis in colorectal cancer. Still debated is the role of innate immune system …

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 …

Endometrial tumor microenvironment alters human NK cell recruitment, and resident NK cell phenotype and function

C Degos, M Heinemann, J Barrou, N Boucherit… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Endometrial Cancer is the most common cancer in the female genital tract in developed
countries, and with its increasing incidence due to risk factors such as aging and obesity …