Immune checkpoint modulators in cancer immunotherapy: recent advances and emerging concepts

Y Wang, H Zhang, C Liu, Z Wang, W Wu… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
The discovery of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has now been universally
acknowledged as a significant breakthrough in tumor therapy after the targeted treatment of …

Remodeled tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) parade via natural killer cells reprogramming in breast cancer

MM Elanany, D Mostafa, NM Hamdy - Life sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast cancer (BC) is the main cause of cancer-related mortality among women globally.
Despite substantial advances in the identification and management of primary tumors …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of specialized NK cell populations infiltrating human melanoma metastases

LF de Andrade, Y Lu, A Luoma, Y Ito, D Pan, JW Pyrdol… - Jci Insight, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
NK cells contribute to protective antitumor immunity, but little is known about the functional
states of NK cells in human solid tumors. To address this issue, we performed single-cell …

A pan-cancer analysis of CD161, a potential new immune checkpoint

X Zhou, J Du, C Liu, H Zeng, Y Chen, L Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background CD161, encoded by killer cell lectin-like receptor B1 gene, is a newly reported
candidate inhibitor of tumour-infiltrating T cells. Antibody-mediated CD161 blockade …

Tumor microenvironment: key players in triple negative breast cancer immunomodulation

H Zheng, S Siddharth, S Parida, X Wu, D Sharma - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complicated network composed of
various cells, signaling molecules, and extra cellular matrix. TME plays a crucial role in triple …

Inhibitory receptors and immune checkpoints regulating natural killer cell responses to cancer

I Buckle, C Guillerey - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Recent years marked the discovery and increased understanding of the
role immune checkpoints play in immunity against cancer. This has revolutionized cancer …

LLT1-CD161 interaction in cancer: promises and challenges

VM Braud, A Meghraoui-Kheddar, R Elaldi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The success of immune checkpoint therapy in cancer has changed our way of thinking,
promoting the design of future cancer treatments that places the immune system at the …

Natural killer cell therapy: a new treatment paradigm for solid tumors

S Oh, JH Lee, KB Kwack, SW Choi - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
In treatments of solid tumors, adoptive transfer of ex vivo expanded natural killer (NK) cells
has dawned as a new paradigm. Compared with cytotoxic T lymphocytes, NK cells take a …

SARS-CoV-2 infection impairs NK cell functions via activation of the LLT1-CD161 axis

M Lenart, M Górecka, M Bochenek… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Natural killer (NK) cells plays a pivotal role in the control of viral infections, and
their function depend on the balance between their activating and inhibitory receptors. The …

Roles of NK cell receptors 2B4 (CD244), CS1 (CD319), and LLT1 (CLEC2D) in cancer

CW Buller, PA Mathew, SO Mathew - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Natural killer (NK) cells play a pivotal role in the immune system, especially in the
recognition and clearance of cancer cells and infected cells. Their effector function is …