Human NK cells: surface receptors, inhibitory checkpoints, and translational applications

S Sivori, P Vacca, G Del Zotto, E Munari… - Cellular & molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
NK cells play important roles in innate defenses against viruses and in the control of tumor
growth and metastasis. The regulation/induction of NK cell function is mediated by an array …

The role of decidual immune cells on human pregnancy

S Liu, L Diao, C Huang, Y Li, Y Zeng… - Journal of reproductive …, 2017 - Elsevier
The maternal-fetal interface undergoes dynamic changes to allow the fetus to grow and
develop in the uterus, despite being recognized by the maternal immune cells. Within the …

Clonal expansion and epigenetic inheritance of long-lasting NK cell memory

T Rückert, CA Lareau, MF Mashreghi, LS Ludwig… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Clonal expansion of cells with somatically diversified receptors and their long-term
maintenance as memory cells is a hallmark of adaptive immunity. Here, we studied …

Peptide-specific recognition of human cytomegalovirus strains controls adaptive natural killer cells

Q Hammer, T Rückert, EM Borst, J Dunst… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that lack antigen-specific rearranged
receptors, a hallmark of adaptive lymphocytes. In some people infected with human …

Blocking expression of inhibitory receptor NKG2A overcomes tumor resistance to NK cells

T Kamiya, SV Seow, D Wong… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
A key mechanism of tumor resistance to immune cells is mediated by expression of peptide-
loaded HLA class I molecule (HLA-E) in tumor cells, which suppresses NK cell activity via …

Trained memory of human uterine NK cells enhances their function in subsequent pregnancies

M Gamliel, D Goldman-Wohl, B Isaacson, C Gur… - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
Natural killer cells (NKs) are abundant in the human decidua, regulating trophoblast
invasion and angiogenesis. Several diseases of poor placental development are associated …

Current status and perspectives in translational biomarker research for PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint blockade therapy

W Ma, BM Gilligan, J Yuan, T Li - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2016 - Springer
Modulating immune inhibitory pathways has been a major recent breakthrough in cancer
treatment. Checkpoint blockade antibodies targeting cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 …

Expansion of a unique CD57+NKG2Chi natural killer cell subset during acute human cytomegalovirus infection

S Lopez-Vergès, JM Milush… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
During human CMV infection, there is a preferential expansion of natural killer (NK) cells
expressing the activating CD94–NKG2C receptor complex, implicating this receptor in the …

Natural killer cell specificity for viral infections

Q Hammer, T Rückert, C Romagnani - Nature immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes that contribute to the early immune responses to
viruses. NK cells are innate immune cells that do not express rearranged antigen receptors …

Cytomegalovirus reactivation after allogeneic transplantation promotes a lasting increase in educated NKG2C+ natural killer cells with potent function

B Foley, S Cooley, MR Verneris, M Pitt… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
During mouse cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, a population of Ly49H+ natural killer (NK)
cells expands and is responsible for disease clearance through the induction of a “memory …