NK cells and cancer: you can teach innate cells new tricks

MG Morvan, LL Lanier - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are the prototype innate lymphoid cells endowed with potent cytolytic
function that provide host defence against microbial infection and tumours. Here, we review …

Immunity, hypoxia, and metabolism–the Ménage à Trois of cancer: implications for immunotherapy

C Riera-Domingo, A Audigé, S Granja… - Physiological …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
It is generally accepted that metabolism is able to shape the immune response. Only
recently we are gaining awareness that the metabolic crosstalk between different tumor …

NK cell-based immunotherapy for malignant diseases

M Cheng, Y Chen, W Xiao, R Sun, Z Tian - Cellular & molecular …, 2013 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells play critical roles in host immunity against cancer. In response,
cancers develop mechanisms to escape NK cell attack or induce defective NK cells. Current …

Clinical-scale derivation of natural killer cells from human pluripotent stem cells for cancer therapy

DA Knorr, Z Ni, D Hermanson… - Stem cells …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Adoptive transfer of antitumor lymphocytes has gained intense interest in the field of cancer
therapeutics over the past two decades. Human natural killer (NK) cells are a promising …

Natural killer cells in cancer immunotherapy

JS Miller, LL Lanier - Annual review of cancer biology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Natural killer (NK) cells have evolved to complement T and B cells in host defense against
pathogens and cancer. They recognize infected cells and tumors using a sophisticated array …

[HTML][HTML] NK cell-based immunotherapies in cancer

MH Shin, J Kim, SA Lim, J Kim, SJ Kim, KM Lee - Immune network, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
With the development of technologies that can transform immune cells into therapeutic
modalities, immunotherapy has remarkably changed the current paradigm of cancer …

Shaping of Natural Killer Cell Antitumor Activity by Ex Vivo Cultivation

M Granzin, J Wagner, U Köhl, A Cerwenka… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are a promising tool for the use in adoptive immunotherapy, since
they efficiently recognize and kill tumor cells. In this context, ex vivo cultivation is an …

CAR T cell therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia: successes and shortcomings

Z Todorovic, D Todorovic, V Markovic, N Ladjevac… - Current …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T) cell therapy achieved remarkable success in B-cell
leukemia and lymphoma which led to its incorporation in treatment protocols for these …

Clinical utility of natural killer cells in cancer therapy and transplantation

DA Knorr, V Bachanova, MR Verneris, JS Miller - Seminars in immunology, 2014 - Elsevier
Natural killer (NK) cells recognize deranged cells that display stress receptors or loss of
major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I. During development, NK cells become …

Natural born killers: NK cells in cancer therapy

SE Franks, B Wolfson, JW Hodge - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cellular therapy has emerged as an attractive option for the treatment of cancer, and
adoptive transfer of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) expressing T cells has gained FDA …