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 …

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] Allogeneic CAR cell therapy—more than a pipe dream

KJ Caldwell, S Gottschalk, AC Talleur - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Adoptive cellular immunotherapy using immune cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors
(CARs) has shown promise, particularly for the treatment of hematological malignancies. To …

Natural killer cell-based immunotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia

J Xu, T Niu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Despite considerable progress has been achieved in the treatment of acute myeloid
leukemia over the past decades, relapse remains a major problem. Novel therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] The rise of allogeneic natural killer cells as a platform for cancer immunotherapy: recent innovations and future developments

JP Veluchamy, N Kok, HJ van der Vliet… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are critical immune effector cells in the fight against cancer. As NK
cells in cancer patients are highly dysfunctional and reduced in number, adoptive transfer of …

[HTML][HTML] Haploidentical natural killer cells infused before allogeneic stem cell transplantation for myeloid malignancies: a phase I trial

DA Lee, CJ Denman, G Rondon, G Woodworth… - Biology of Blood and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is an effective treatment for high-risk myeloid
malignancies, but relapse remains the major post-transplantation cause of treatment failure …

[HTML][HTML] A bump in the road: how the hostile AML microenvironment affects CAR T cell therapy

R Epperly, S Gottschalk, MP Velasquez - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells targeting CD19 have been successful treating
patients with relapsed/refractory B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and B cell …

Challenges and opportunities of allogeneic donor-derived CAR T cells

Y Yang, E Jacoby, TJ Fry - Current opinion in hematology, 2015 - journals.lww.com
In the allogeneic environment, the potential effects of TCR signaling on the efficacy of CAR
could affect the clinical responses with the use of donor-derived CAR T cells. Better …

A phase II clinical trial of adoptive transfer of haploidentical natural killer cells for consolidation therapy of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

R Nguyen, H Wu, S Pounds, H Inaba… - … for ImmunoTherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Consolidation therapies for children with intermediate-or high-risk acute myeloid leukemia
(AML) are urgently needed to achieve higher cure rates while limiting therapy-related …

Natural killer cells: angels and devils for immunotherapy

B Martín-Antonio, G Suñe, L Perez-Amill… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the relevance of the immune system to fight cancer has led to the
development of immunotherapy, including the adoptive cell transfer of immune cells, such as …