Natural killer cells in clinical development as non-engineered, engineered, and combination therapies

N Lamers-Kok, D Panella, AM Georgoudaki… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cells are unique immune effectors able to kill cancer cells by direct
recognition of surface ligands, without prior sensitization. Allogeneic NK transfer is a highly …

Characterizing the dysfunctional NK cell: assessing the clinical relevance of exhaustion, anergy, and senescence

SJ Judge, WJ Murphy, RJ Canter - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There is a growing body of literature demonstrating the importance of T cell exhaustion in
regulating and shaping immune responses to pathogens and cancer. Simultaneously, the …

Phase 1 clinical trial using mbIL21 ex vivo–expanded donor-derived NK cells after haploidentical transplantation

SO Ciurea, JR Schafer, R Bassett… - Blood, The Journal …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
Relapse has emerged as the most important cause of treatment failure after allogeneic
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). To test the hypothesis that natural killer …

Activating mutations of STAT5B and STAT3 in lymphomas derived from γδ-T or NK cells

C Kücük, B Jiang, X Hu, W Zhang, JKC Chan… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Lymphomas arising from NK or γδ-T cells are very aggressive diseases and little is known
regarding their pathogenesis. Here we report frequent activating mutations of STAT3 and …

Membrane-Bound IL-21 Promotes Sustained Ex Vivo Proliferation of Human Natural Killer Cells

CJ Denman, VV Senyukov, SS Somanchi… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
NK cells have therapeutic potential for a wide variety of human malignancies. However,
because NK cells expand poorly in vitro, have limited life spans in viv o, and represent a …

Natural killer cells as allogeneic effectors in adoptive cancer immunotherapy

KB Lupo, S Matosevic - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are attractive within adoptive transfer settings in cancer
immunotherapy due to their potential for allogeneic use; their alloreactivity is enhanced …

Minimal PD-1 expression in mouse and human NK cells under diverse conditions

SJ Judge, C Dunai, EG Aguilar, SC Vick… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
PD-1 expression is a hallmark of both early antigen-specific T cell activation and later
chronic stimulation, suggesting key roles in both naive T cell priming and memory T cell …

Natural killer cell-based therapies targeting cancer: possible strategies to gain and sustain anti-tumor activity

CIM Dahlberg, D Sarhan, M Chrobok, AD Duru… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells were discovered 40 years ago, by their ability to recognize and kill
tumor cells without the requirement of prior antigen exposure. Since then, NK cells have …

Graft-versus-leukemia effect following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for leukemia

AM Dickinson, J Norden, S Li, I Hromadnikova… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The success of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) lies with the ability of the
engrafting immune system to remove residual leukemia cells via a graft-versus-leukemia …

Development of GPC3-specific chimeric antigen receptor-engineered natural killer cells for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

M Yu, H Luo, M Fan, X Wu, B Shi, S Di, Y Liu, Z Pan… - Molecular Therapy, 2018 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-modified natural killer (NK) cells represent a promising
immunotherapeutic modality for cancer treatment. However, their potential utilities have not …