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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

Antitumor Immunity Exerted by Natural Killer and Natural Killer T Cells in the Liver.

Hiroyuki Nakashima, Manabu Kinoshita

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Hiroyuki NakashimaDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Manabu KinoshitaDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2750-3084

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K07438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The liver plays crucial roles in systemic immunity and greatly contributes to the systemic defense mechanism. Antitumor immunity in the liver is especially critical for the defense against systemic tumor cell dissemination. To achieve effective defense against metastatic tumor cells, liver immune cells with powerful cytotoxic activities construct a potent defense mechanism. In the liver, as compared with other organs, there is a significantly more intense percentage of innate immune lymphocytes, such as natural killer (NK) and NKT cells. These characteristic lymphocytes survey the portal blood transferred to the liver from the alimentary tract and eliminate malignant cells with their robust cytotoxic ability. Additionally, with their active cytokine-producing capacity, these innate lymphocytes initiate immunological sequences by adaptive immune cells. Therefore, they are crucial contributors to systemic antitumor immunity. These attractive immune cells help conduct a fundamental investigation of tumor immunity and act as a target of clinical measures for cancer therapies. This review discusses the mechanisms of these innate lymphocytes regarding recognition and cytotoxicity against tumor cells and the possibility of clinical applications for therapeutic measures.

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innate immunityNK cellsNKT cellstumor immunity

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PMID36769513
PMCPMC9917438

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