ReviewFrontiers in immunology2023
Killer instincts: natural killer cells as multifactorial cancer immunotherapy.
Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Cytokine preactivation and ADCC: a potent strategy for enhancing human NK cell effector functions against 3D tumor models.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Recent advances in preclinical studies combining hyperthermia therapy with novel immune checkpoint targeting agents.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Targeting cuproptosis in liver cancer: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2025Review
- Emerging roles of KIR2DL4 in cancer immunotherapy.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025Review
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- INTASYL self-delivering RNAi decreases TIGIT expression, enhancing NK cell cytotoxicity: a potential application to increase the efficacy of NK adoptive cell therapy against cancer.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2024Article
- Changes in subset distribution and impaired function of circulating natural killer cells in patients with colorectal cancer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Evaluating Predictors of Quality in Liver NK Cells Among Deceased Donors.Cell transplantationArticle
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Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cells integrate heterogeneous signals for activation and inhibition using germline-encoded receptors. These receptors are stochastically co-expressed, and their concurrent engagement and signaling can adjust the sensitivity of individual cells to putative targets. Against cancers, which mutate and evolve under therapeutic and immunologic pressure, the diversity for recognition provided by NK cells may be key to comprehensive cancer control. NK cells are already being trialled as adoptive cell therapy and targets for immunotherapeutic agents. However, strategies to leverage their naturally occurring diversity and agility have not yet been developed. In this review, we discuss the receptors and signaling pathways through which signals for activation or inhibition are generated in NK cells, focusing on their roles in cancer and potential as targets for immunotherapies. Finally, we consider the impacts of receptor co-expression and the potential to engage multiple pathways of NK cell reactivity to maximize the scope and strength of antitumor activities.
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