NK cell-based immune checkpoint inhibition

M Khan, S Arooj, H Wang - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy, with an increasing number of therapeutic dimensions, is becoming an
important mode of treatment for cancer patients. The inhibition of immune checkpoints …

Killer Ig-like receptors (KIRs): their role in NK cell modulation and developments leading to their clinical exploitation

D Pende, M Falco, M Vitale, C Cantoni… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells contribute to the first line of defense against viruses and to the
control of tumor growth and metastasis spread. The discovery of HLA class I specific …

Identification of a subset of human natural killer cells expressing high levels of programmed death 1: A phenotypic and functional characterization

S Pesce, M Greppi, G Tabellini, F Rampinelli… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Programmed death 1 (PD-1) is an immunologic checkpoint that limits immune
responses by delivering potent inhibitory signals to T cells on interaction with specific …

Glycocalyx engineering reveals a Siglec-based mechanism for NK cell immunoevasion

JE Hudak, SM Canham, CR Bertozzi - Nature chemical biology, 2014 - nature.com
The increase of cell surface sialic acid is a characteristic shared by many tumor types. A
correlation between hypersialylation and immunoprotection has been observed, but few …

Interactions between Siglec-7/9 receptors and ligands influence NK cell–dependent tumor immunosurveillance

C Jandus, KF Boligan, O Chijioke, H Liu… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Alteration of the surface glycosylation pattern on malignant cells potentially affects tumor
immunity by directly influencing interactions with glycan-binding proteins (lectins) on the …

Genetically encoded chemical crosslinking of carbohydrate

S Li, N Wang, B Yu, W Sun, L Wang - Nature chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Protein–carbohydrate interactions play important roles in various biological processes, such
as organism development, cancer metastasis, pathogen infection and immune response, but …

Siglecs and their roles in the immune system

PR Crocker, JC Paulson, A Varki - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2007 - nature.com
Cell surfaces in the immune system are richly equipped with a complex mixture of glycans,
which can be recognized by diverse glycan-binding proteins. The Siglecs are a family of …

Sialic acid–binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (Siglecs) detect self-associated molecular patterns to regulate immune responses

H Läubli, A Varki - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2020 - Springer
The mammalian immune system evolved to tightly regulate the elimination of pathogenic
microbes and neoplastic transformed cells while tolerating our own healthy cells. Here, we …

Activating receptors and coreceptors involved in human natural killer cell-mediated cytolysis

A Moretta, C Bottino, M Vitale, D Pende… - Annual review of …, 2001 - annualreviews.org
Natural killer cells can discriminate between normal cells and cells that do not express
adequate amounts of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. The …

Immune inhibitory receptors

JV Ravetch, LL Lanier - Science, 2000 - science.org
With the detailed description and analysis of several inhibitory receptor systems on lymphoid
and myeloid cells, a central paradigm has emerged in which the pairing of activation and …