Tissue-specific functions of invariant natural killer T cells

CM Crosby, M Kronenberg - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT cells) are an innate-like T cell subset that expresses an
invariant T cell receptor (TCR) α-chain and recognizes lipids presented on CD1d. They …

Unconventional T cell targets for cancer immunotherapy

DI Godfrey, J Le Nours, DM Andrews, AP Uldrich… - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
Most studies on the immunotherapeutic potential of T cells have focused on CD8 and CD4 T
cells that recognize peptide antigens (Ag) presented by polymorphic major histocompatibility …

Anti-GD2 CAR-NKT cells in relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma: updated phase 1 trial interim results

A Heczey, X Xu, AN Courtney, G Tian, GA Barragan… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Vα24-invariant natural killer T cells (NKTs) have anti-tumor properties that can be enhanced
by chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). Here we report updated interim results from the first-in …

Roles of the immune system in cancer: from tumor initiation to metastatic progression

H Gonzalez, C Hagerling, Z Werb - Genes & development, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The presence of inflammatory immune cells in human tumors raises a fundamental question
in oncology: How do cancer cells avoid the destruction by immune attack? In principle, tumor …

The role of natural killer T cells in cancer—a phenotypical and functional approach

D Krijgsman, M Hokland, PJK Kuppen - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a subset of CD1d-restricted T cells at the interface between
the innate and adaptive immune system. NKT cells can be subdivided into functional …

Natural killer T cells in cancer immunotherapy

S Nair, MV Dhodapkar - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer T (NKT) cells are specialized CD1d-restricted T cells that recognize lipid
antigens. Following stimulation, NKT cells lead to downstream activation of both innate and …

[HTML][HTML] Development of allogeneic HSC-engineered iNKT cells for off-the-shelf cancer immunotherapy

YR Li, Y Zhou, YJ Kim, Y Zhu, F Ma, J Yu, YC Wang… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
Cell-based immunotherapy has become the new-generation cancer medicine, and" off-the-
shelf" cell products that can be manufactured at large scale and distributed readily to treat …

The current landscape of NKT cell immunotherapy and the hills ahead

A Nelson, JD Lukacs, B Johnston - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a subset of lipid-reactive T cells that
enhance anti-tumor immunity. While preclinical studies have shown NKT cell …

Therapeutic cancer vaccines: are we there yet?

CA Klebanoff, N Acquavella, Z Yu… - Immunological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Enthusiasm for therapeutic cancer vaccines has been rejuvenated with the recent
completion of several large, randomized phase III clinical trials that in some cases have …

Adoptive transfer of invariant NKT cells as immunotherapy for advanced melanoma: a phase I clinical trial

MA Exley, P Friedlander, N Alatrakchi, L Vriend… - Clinical Cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Invariant NKT cells (iNKT) are innate-like CD1d-restricted T cells with
immunoregulatory activity in diseases including cancer. iNKT from advanced cancer patients …