Recent progress in targeted delivery vectors based on biomimetic nanoparticles

L Chen, W Hong, W Ren, T Xu, Z Qian… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the past decades, great interest has been given to biomimetic nanoparticles (BNPs)
since the rise of targeted drug delivery systems and biomimetic nanotechnology. Biological …

Influence of the tumor microenvironment on NK cell function in solid tumors

O Melaiu, V Lucarini, L Cifaldi, D Fruci - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are a population of innate lymphoid cells playing a pivotal role in
host immune responses against infection and tumor growth. These cells have a powerful …

Natural killer cell membrane infused biomimetic liposomes for targeted tumor therapy

A Pitchaimani, TDT Nguyen, S Aryal - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Therapeutic efficacy of a systemic drug delivery largely depends on the targeting design of
the delivery system, which tackles with circulatory traffic and prevents the nonspecific …

Overcoming resistance to natural killer cell based immunotherapies for solid tumors

G Nayyar, Y Chu, MS Cairo - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Despite advances in the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, the prognosis of several
solid tumor malignancies remains poor. Different factors associated with solid tumors …

Current progress of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T versus CAR NK cell for immunotherapy of solid tumors

A Esmaeilzadeh, K Hadiloo, M Jabbari, R Elahi - Life Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Equipping cancer-fighting immune cells with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) has gained
immense attention for cancer treatment. CAR-engineered T cells (CAR T cells) are the first …

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 …

Sequential therapy with supercharged NK cells with either chemotherapy drug cisplatin or anti-PD-1 antibody decreases the tumor size and significantly enhances the …

K Kaur, PC Chen, MW Ko, A Mei, E Senjor… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction and methods In this study we report that sequential treatment of supercharged
NK (sNK) cells with either chemotherapeutic drugs or check-point inhibitors eliminate both …

NK cells shape pancreatic and oral tumor microenvironments; role in inhibition of tumor growth and metastasis

A Jewett, J Kos, Y Fong, MW Ko, T Safaei… - Seminars in cancer …, 2018 - Elsevier
We have recently shown that natural killer (NK) cells select and differentiate cancer stem
cells (CSCs)/undifferentiated tumors via secreted and membrane bound IFN-gamma (IFN-γ) …

Novel strategy to expand super-charged NK cells with significant potential to lyse and differentiate cancer stem cells: differences in NK expansion and function …

K Kaur, J Cook, SH Park, P Topchyan… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are known to target cancer stem cells and undifferentiated tumors. In
this paper, we provide a novel strategy for expanding large numbers of super-charged NK …

Super-charged NK cells inhibit growth and progression of stem-like/poorly differentiated oral tumors in vivo in humanized BLT mice; effect on tumor differentiation and …

K Kaur, P Topchyan, AK Kozlowska, N Ohanian… - …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Therapeutic role of NK cells in solid tumors was challenged previously even though their
role in hematological malignancies has clearly been established. Furthermore, functions …