Characterizing hepatocellular carcinoma stem markers and their corresponding susceptibility to NK-cell based immunotherapy

J Chiang, PC Chen, J Pham, CQ Nguyen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer and
is the fourth-leading cause of all cancer-related deaths around the world. Liver …

Natural killer cells for pancreatic cancer immunotherapy: Role of nanoparticles

V Kumar, RI Mahato - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced pancreatic cancer patients have a dismal prognosis despite advances in
integrative therapy. The field of tumor immunology has witnessed significant advancements …

Osteoclasts and probiotics mediate significant expansion, functional activation and supercharging in NK, γδ T, and CD3+ T cells: use in cancer immunotherapy

K Kaur, A Jewett - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Our previous studies have introduced osteoclasts (OCs) as major activators of NK cells. It
was found that OCs exhibit the capabilities of inducing cell expansion as well as increasing …

Exploring the Potential of Natural Killer Cell-Based Immunotherapy in Targeting High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinomas

K Kaur, J Sanghu, S Memarzadeh, A Jewett - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
High-grade serous ovarian cancers (HGSOCs) likely consist of poorly differentiated stem-
like cells (PDSLCs) and differentiated tumor cells. Conventional therapeutics are incapable …

Role of Natural Killer Cells as Cell-Based Immunotherapy in Oral Tumor Eradication and Differentiation Both In Vivo and In Vitro

K Kaur, A Jewett - Critical Reviews™ in Immunology, 2024 - dl.begellhouse.com
Despite advancements in the field of cancer therapeutics, the five-year survival rate remains
low in oral cancer patients. Therefore, the effective therapeutics are needed against oral …

Supercharged NK Cell-Based Immuotherapy in Humanized Bone Marrow Liver and Thymus (Hu-BLT) Mice Model of Oral, Pancreatic, Glioblastoma, Hepatic …

K Kaur, A Jewett - Critical Reviews™ in Immunology, 2023 - dl.begellhouse.com
In this paper, we review a number of in vitro and in vivo studies regarding the efficacy of
supercharged NK (sNK) cell therapy in elimination or treatment of cancer. We have …

The interplay between natural killer cells and pancreatic stellate cells in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

R Fincham - 2024 - qmro.qmul.ac.uk
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a disease with dismal prognosis. With five-
year survival rates of less than 11%, PDAC is set to become the second leading cause of …

Commentary: Ovarian cancer; path to effective treatments

A Jewett, S Memarzadeh, K Kaur - Critical Reviews™ in Immunology - dl.begellhouse.com
Despite advancements in cancer therapeutics such as checkpoint inhibitors and some
targeted therapies, we have not achieved success in effectively treating ovarian cancer …

Oral Cancer: Past, present and future of NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy

K Kaur, A Jewett - Critical Reviews™ in Immunology - dl.begellhouse.com
Despite advancements in the field of cancer therapeutics the five-year survival rate remains
low in oral cancer patients. There, the effective therapeutics are needed to control the …

Supercharged NK cells, unlike primary activated NK cells, effectively target ovarian cancer cells irrespective of MHC-class I expression

A Jewett, S Huerta-Yepez, PC Chen, K Kaur, Y Jain… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Ovarian cancers are the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death among women in the
United States. Significant decreases in the numbers and function of NK-cells in patients, as …