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ArticleChinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu2024

Hypoxic tumor microenvironment: Destroyer of natural killer cell function.

Yongfei Zhang, Feifei Guo, Yufeng Wang

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Article in Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Killing the killers: Natural killer cell therapy targeting glioma stem cells in high-grade glioma.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yongfei ZhangCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
Feifei GuoCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
Yufeng WangCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, immunotherapy has made remarkable progress in treating certain tumors and hematological malignancies. However, the efficacy of natural killer (NK) cells, which are an important subset of innate lymphocytes used in anticancer immunotherapy, remains limited. Hypoxia, a critical characteristic of the tumor microenvironment (TME), is involved in tumor development and resistance to radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. Moreover, hypoxia contributes to the impairment of NK cell function and may be a significant factor that limits their therapeutic effects. Targeted hypoxia therapy has emerged as a promising research area for enhancing the efficacy of NK cell therapy. Therefore, understanding how the hypoxic TME influences NK cell function is crucial for improving antitumor treatment outcomes.

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HypoxiaimmunotherapyNK celltumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID38751439
PMCPMC11090795

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