Recent advances and discoveries in the mechanisms and functions of CAR T cells

RC Larson, MV Maus - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
This Review discusses the major advances and changes made over the past 3 years to our
understanding of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell efficacy and safety. Recently, the …

NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy: from basic biology to clinical development

S Liu, V Galat, Y Galat4, YKA Lee… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cell is a specialized immune effector cell type that plays a critical role in
immune activation against abnormal cells. Different from events required for T cell activation …

Natural killer cell homing and trafficking in tissues and tumors: from biology to application

GH Ran, YQ Lin, L Tian, T Zhang, DM Yan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells, a subgroup of innate lymphoid cells, act as the first line of defense
against cancer. Although some evidence shows that NK cells can develop in secondary …

Pluripotent stem cell–derived NK cells with high-affinity noncleavable CD16a mediate improved antitumor activity

H Zhu, RH Blum, R Bjordahl… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) is a key effector mechanism of natural killer
(NK) cells that is mediated by therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). This process is …

[HTML][HTML] Classification of current anticancer immunotherapies

L Galluzzi, E Vacchelli, JM Bravo-San Pedro, A Buqué… - Oncotarget, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
During the past decades, anticancer immunotherapy has evolved from a promising
therapeutic option to a robust clinical reality. Many immunotherapeutic regimens are now …

NK cell-based immunotherapy for cancer

F Fang, W Xiao, Z Tian - Seminars in immunology, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural killer (NK) cells can induce an antigen-independent immune response against
malignant cells. A growing number of scientific reports and clinical studies have shown …

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 …

Chimeric antigen receptor expressing natural killer cells for the immunotherapy of cancer

RS Mehta, K Rezvani - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Adoptive cell therapy has emerged as a powerful treatment for advanced cancers resistant
to conventional agents. Most notable are the remarkable responses seen in patients …

Adoptive transfer of NKG2D CAR mRNA-engineered natural killer cells in colorectal cancer patients

L Xiao, D Cen, H Gan, Y Sun, N Huang, H Xiong, Q Jin… - Molecular Therapy, 2019 - cell.com
By fusing the extracellular domain of the natural killer (NK) cell receptor NKG2D to DAP12,
we constructed a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) to improve NK cell tumor responses. An …

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 …