期刊
CANCERS
卷 14, 期 21, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cancers14215438
关键词
nanoparticles; NK cells; NK cell-mediated immunotherapy; applications of nanoparticles; NK cell receptors
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资金
- Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi [BT/RLF/Re-entry/44/2018]
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi [CRG/2020/001213]
- Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) [54/14/03/2022-BRNS/10207]
- VIT SEED GRANT
- United States-India Educational Foundation through the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award on Breast Cancer [2021/APE-R/63]
This paper reviews the role of natural killer (NK) cells in killing tumor cells and the receptors that can be targeted for signaling. It also highlights the potential of nanoparticles in activating NK cells and enhancing their cytotoxic activity against cancer.
Simple Summary Natural killer cells are a part of the native immune response to cancer. NK cell-based immunotherapies are an emerging strategy to kill tumor cells. This paper reviews the role of NK cells, their mechanism of action for killing tumor cells, and the receptors which could serve as potential targets for signaling. In this review, the role of nanoparticles in NK cell activation and increased cytotoxicity of NK cells against cancer are highlighted. Natural killer (NK) cells are one of the first lines of defense against infections and malignancies. NK cell-based immunotherapies are emerging as an alternative to T cell-based immunotherapies. Preclinical and clinical studies of NK cell-based immunotherapies have given promising results in the past few decades for hematologic malignancies. Despite these achievements, NK cell-based immunotherapies have limitations, such as limited performance/low therapeutic efficiency in solid tumors, the short lifespan of NK cells, limited specificity of adoptive transfer and genetic modification, NK cell rejection by the patient's immune system, insignificant infiltration of NK cells into the tumor microenvironment (TME), and the expensive nature of the treatment. Nanotechnology could potentially assist with the activation, proliferation, near-real time imaging, and enhancement of NK cell cytotoxic activity by guiding their function, analyzing their performance in near-real time, and improving immunotherapeutic efficiency. This paper reviews the role of NK cells, their mechanism of action in killing tumor cells, and the receptors which could serve as potential targets for signaling. Specifically, we have reviewed five different areas of nanotechnology that could enhance immunotherapy efficiency: nanoparticle-assisted immunomodulation to enhance NK cell activity, nanoparticles enhancing homing of NK cells, nanoparticle delivery of RNAi to enhance NK cell activity, genetic modulation of NK cells based on nanoparticles, and nanoparticle activation of NKG2D, which is the master regulator of all NK cell responses.
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