Cancer stem cells: advances in knowledge and implications for cancer therapy

X Chu, W Tian, J Ning, G Xiao, Y Zhou… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a small subset of cells in tumors that are characterized by self-
renewal and continuous proliferation, lead to tumorigenesis, metastasis, and maintain tumor …

Natural killer cell homing and trafficking in tissues and tumors: from biology to application

GH Ran, YQ Lin, L Tian, T Zhang, DM Yan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells, a subgroup of innate lymphoid cells, act as the first line of defense
against cancer. Although some evidence shows that NK cells can develop in secondary …

Influence of the tumor microenvironment on NK cell function in solid tumors

O Melaiu, V Lucarini, L Cifaldi, D Fruci - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are a population of innate lymphoid cells playing a pivotal role in
host immune responses against infection and tumor growth. These cells have a powerful …

Targeting of the tumor immune microenvironment by metformin

Z Wu, C Zhang, M Najafi - Journal of cell communication and signaling, 2022 - Springer
Stimulating antitumor immunity is an attractive idea for suppressing tumors. CD4+ and CD8+
T cells as well as natural killer cells (NK) are the primary antitumor immune cells in the tumor …

Natural killer cell therapy targeting cancer stem cells: old wine in a new bottle

F Guo, Y Zhang, L Bai, J Cui - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
A small proportion of cancer cells that have stem cell-like properties are known as cancer
stem cells (CSCs). They can be used to identify malignant tumor phenotypes and patients …

[HTML][HTML] Click chemistry and drug delivery: A bird's-eye view

SM Kondengadan, S Bansal, C Yang, D Liu… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
Click chemistry has been proven to be very useful in drug delivery. Due to the availability of
a large number of click reactions with a various characteristics, selection of appropriate …

Harnessing CD16-mediated NK cell functions to enhance therapeutic efficacy of tumor-targeting mAbs

C Capuano, C Pighi, S Battella, D De Federicis… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Natural Killer (NK) cells play a major role in cancer immunotherapy based
on tumor-targeting mAbs. NK cell-mediated tumor cell killing and cytokine secretion are …

Natural killer cells: diverse functions in tumor immunity and defects in pre-neoplastic and neoplastic stages of tumorigenesis

A Jewett, J Kos, K Kaur, T Safaei, C Sutanto… - Molecular Therapy …, 2020 - cell.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are the key immune effectors with the ability to mediate selection and
differentiation of a number of different cancer stem cells/undifferentiated tumors via lysis, and …

[HTML][HTML] EpCAM-high liver cancer stem cells resist natural killer cell–mediated cytotoxicity by upregulating CEACAM1

DJ Park, PS Sung, JH Kim, GW Lee… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Natural killer (NK) cells can recognize and kill cancer cells directly, but their
activity can be attenuated by various inhibitory molecules expressed on the surface. The …

NK cells shape pancreatic and oral tumor microenvironments; role in inhibition of tumor growth and metastasis

A Jewett, J Kos, Y Fong, MW Ko, T Safaei… - Seminars in cancer …, 2018 - Elsevier
We have recently shown that natural killer (NK) cells select and differentiate cancer stem
cells (CSCs)/undifferentiated tumors via secreted and membrane bound IFN-gamma (IFN-γ) …