[HTML][HTML] JAK-STAT signaling: a double-edged sword of immune regulation and cancer progression

KL Owen, NK Brockwell, BS Parker - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) signaling mediates
almost all immune regulatory processes, including those that are involved in tumor cell …

[HTML][HTML] The immune system in cancer metastasis: friend or foe?

LME Janssen, EE Ramsay, CD Logsdon… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2017 - Springer
Metastatic disease is the leading cause of death among cancer patients and involves a
complex and inefficient process. Every step of the metastatic process can be rate limiting …

[HTML][HTML] The role of natural killer T cells in cancer—a phenotypical and functional approach

D Krijgsman, M Hokland, PJK Kuppen - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a subset of CD1d-restricted T cells at the interface between
the innate and adaptive immune system. NKT cells can be subdivided into functional …

Remodeled tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) parade via natural killer cells reprogramming in breast cancer

MM Elanany, D Mostafa, NM Hamdy - Life sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast cancer (BC) is the main cause of cancer-related mortality among women globally.
Despite substantial advances in the identification and management of primary tumors …

[HTML][HTML] Immune tumor microenvironment in breast cancer and the participation of estrogen and its receptors in cancer physiopathology

M Segovia-Mendoza, J Morales-Montor - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer is characterized by cellular and molecular heterogeneity. Several molecular
events are involved in controlling malignant cell processes. In this sense, there is an …

NK cell receptor imbalance and NK cell dysfunction in HBV infection and hepatocellular carcinoma

C Sun, H Sun, C Zhang, Z Tian - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2015 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is currently the third leading cause of cancer mortality and
a common poor-prognosis malignancy due to postoperative recurrence and metastasis …

[HTML][HTML] NKG2D ligands in tumor immunity: two sides of a coin

J Zhang, F Basher, JD Wu - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The activating/co-stimulatory receptor NKG2D (natural-killer group 2, member D) is
expressed on the surface of all human NK, NKT, CD8+ T, and subsets of γδ+ T cells. The …

IDH mutant gliomas escape natural killer cell immune surveillance by downregulation of NKG2D ligand expression

X Zhang, A Rao, P Sette, C Deibert… - Neuro …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Diffuse gliomas are poorly immunogenic, fatal brain tumors. The basis for
insufficient antitumor immunity in diffuse gliomas is unknown. Gain-of-function mutations in …

MALAT-1/p53/miR-155/miR-146a ceRNA circuit tuned by methoxylated quercitin glycoside alters immunogenic and oncogenic profiles of breast cancer

M Abdel-Latif, A Riad, RA Soliman, AM Elkhouly… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive and hot BC
subtypes. Our research group has recently shed the light on the utility of natural compounds …

Genetics, genomics, and evolutionary biology of NKG 2D ligands

R Carapito, S Bahram - Immunological reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Human and mouse NKG 2D ligands (NKG 2 DL s) are absent or only poorly expressed by
most normal cells but are upregulated by cell stress, hence, alerting the immune system in …