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ArticleJournal of cancer immunology2025

Adherent Natural Killer Cells De Novo Express IL-2Rα and Sustain Long-Lasting, Potent Anti-Tumor Activity in Picomolar Concentrations of IL-2.

Nikola L Vujanovic, Lazar Vujanovic, Theresa L Whiteside

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Article in Journal of cancer immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Nikola L VujanovicUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Lazar VujanovicUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Theresa L WhitesideUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

Small extracellular vesicles as biomarkers of prognosis and response to therapy in head and neck cancerR01DE031299 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Brenda B. Diergaarde, Theresa L. Whiteside · 2023 to 2026
$2.9M
The Adenosinergic Pathway in Tumor-derived ExosomesR01CA256068 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JACKSON, EDWIN KERRY, WHITESIDE, THERESA L. · 2021 to 2025
$2.5M
Receptor Trafficking in Entry of Murine Leukemia VirusesR01AI063513 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI DAVEY, ROBERT A · 2006 to 2011
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA256068NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI063513NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE031299
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Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) that play key roles in immunosurveillance and immunoregulation. They constitute a heterogeneous population comprising three principal subpopulations: NK1 (cytotoxic), NK2 (regulatory), and NK3 (adaptive). In response to interleukin-2 (IL-2) stimulation, NK3 cells differentiate into adherent NK (A-NK) cells, which exhibit potent anti-tumor activity. Human A-NK cells are generated by priming and adherence-based selection of peripheral blood NK3 cells in nanomolar (nM) IL-2 concentrations, followed by prolonged restimulation and culture in the same IL-2 conditions. However, these A-NK cells are terminally differentiated, unresponsive to IL-2, prone to apoptosis, and are ineffective in cancer therapy. Here, we report previously unrecognized physiological properties of A-NK cells and describe a novel strategy for their

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Activated NK cellsAdherent NK cellsCytotoxicityIL-2IL-2 receptorsProliferation

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