Memory NK cell features exploitable in anticancer immunotherapy [PDF]
, 2019 Besides their innate ability to rapidly produce effector cytokines and kill virus-infected or transformed cells, natural killer (NK) cells display a strong capability to adapt to environmental modifications and to differentiate into long-lived ...
Battella, Simone +5 more
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Adoptive immunotherapy for cytomegalovirus infection
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2005 We reported a case with interstitial pneumonia associated with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in whom clinical improvement was observed after the treatment with primary adoptive immunotherapy.
M D Kei Numazaki
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Adoptive Natural Killer Cell Immunotherapy for Canine Osteosarcoma
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumor in both humans and dogs. It is a highly metastatic cancer and therapy has not improved significantly since the inclusion of adjuvant chemotherapy into disease treatment strategies.
William C. Kisseberth, Dean A. Lee
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Guanylate cyclase C as a target for prevention, detection, and therapy in colorectal cancer. [PDF]
, 2017 INTRODUCTION: Colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, and new strategies to prevent, detect, and treat the disease are needed.
Aka, Allison A. +5 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 CAR-NK cells may represent a valuable tool, complementary to CAR-T cells, in adoptive immunotherapy of leukemia and solid tumors. However, gene transfer to human NK cells is a challenging task, particularly with non-virus-based techniques.
Tiziano Ingegnere +11 more
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Combined therapy with cytokine-induced killer cells and oncolytic adenovirus expressing IL-12 induce enhanced antitumor activity in liver tumor model. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Both adoptive immunotherapy and gene therapy hold a great promise for treatment of malignancies. However, these strategies exhibit limited anti-tumor activity, when they are used alone.
Zhi Yang +12 more
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Study protocol for THINK : a multinational open-label phase I study to assess the safety and clinical activity of multiple administrations of NKR-2 in patients with different metastatic tumour types [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: NKR-2 are autologous T cells genetically modified to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising a fusion of the natural killer group 2D (NKG2D) receptor with the CD3 zeta signalling domain, which associates with the adaptor ...
Aftimos, Philippe +15 more
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eLife, 2016 The combined-immunotherapy of adoptive cell therapy (ACT) and cyclophosphamide (CTX) is one of the most efficient treatments for melanoma patients. However, no synergistic effects of CTX and ACT on the spatio-temporal dynamics of immunocytes in vivo have
Shuhong Qi +9 more
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T-Bet and Eomes Regulate the Balance between the Effector/Central Memory T Cells versus Memory Stem Like T Cells [PDF]
, 2013 Memory T cells are composed of effector, central, and memory stem cells. Previous studies have implicated that both T-bet and Eomes are involved in the generation of effector and central memory CD8 T cells.
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Cell Transplantation, 1992 A rat model for brain tumor immunotherapy is described that closely mimics the type of treatment that could be administered to humans. It involves surgical implantation of a permanent cannula in the brain, through which tumor cells and various effector ...
Monika Fleshner +4 more
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