NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy: from basic biology to clinical development

S Liu, V Galat, Y Galat4, YKA Lee… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cell is a specialized immune effector cell type that plays a critical role in
immune activation against abnormal cells. Different from events required for T cell activation …

[HTML][HTML] The adipocyte microenvironment and cancer

A Mukherjee, AJ Bilecz, E Lengyel - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2022 - Springer
Many epithelial tumors grow in the vicinity of or metastasize to adipose tissue. As tumors
develop, crosstalk between adipose tissue and cancer cells leads to changes in adipocyte …

[HTML][HTML] Universal chimeric antigen receptors for multiplexed and logical control of T cell responses

JH Cho, JJ Collins, WW Wong - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are promising cancer therapeutic
agents, with the prospect of becoming the ultimate smart cancer therapeutics. To expand the …

Humanized mice for the study of immuno-oncology

P De La Rochere, S Guil-Luna, D Decaudin, G Azar… - Trends in …, 2018 - cell.com
Immunotherapy is revolutionizing cancer treatment; however, complete responses are
achieved in only a small fraction of patients and tumor types. Thus, there is an urgent need …

Natural killer cell-mediated immunosurveillance of human cancer

KJ Malmberg, M Carlsten, A Björklund, E Sohlberg… - Seminars in …, 2017 - Elsevier
The contribution of natural killer (NK) cells to immunosurveillance of human cancer remains
debatable. Here, we discuss advances in several areas of human NK cell research, many of …

Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived natural killer cells for treatment of ovarian cancer

DL Hermanson, L Bendzick, L Pribyl, V McCullar… - Stem …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Natural killer (NK) cells can provide effective immunotherapy for ovarian cancer. Here, we
evaluated the ability of NK cells isolated from peripheral blood (PB) and NK cells derived …

CXCR1 expression to improve anti-cancer efficacy of intravenously injected CAR-NK cells in mice with peritoneal xenografts

YY Ng, JCK Tay, S Wang - Molecular Therapy-Oncolytics, 2020 - cell.com
One reason underlying the failure of current chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) immune
therapy to treat solid tumors adequately is insufficient tumor infiltration of CAR immune cells …

PD-L1 blockade enhances anti-tumor efficacy of NK cells

JL Oyer, SB Gitto, DA Altomare, AJ Copik - Oncoimmunology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 therapies have shown success in cancer treatment but
responses are limited to~ 15% of patients with lymphocyte infiltrated, PD-L1 positive tumors …

Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells have enhanced function, proliferation, and in vivo expansion against ovarian cancer cells

LD Uppendahl, M Felices, L Bendzick, C Ryan… - Gynecologic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes well suited for adoptive immunotherapy.
Attempts with adoptive NK cell immunotherapy against ovarian cancer have proven …

IL-15 super-agonist (ALT-803) enhances natural killer (NK) cell function against ovarian cancer

M Felices, S Chu, B Kodal, L Bendzick, C Ryan… - Gynecologic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Natural killer (NK) cells represent a powerful immunotherapeutic target as they
lyse tumors directly, do not require differentiation, and can elicit potent inflammatory …