Increased killer immunoglobulin-like receptor expression and functional defects in natural killer cells in lung cancer

Human NK cells display major phenotypic and functional changes over the life span

(2010) Magali Le Garff-Tavernier et al.   AGING CELL

A phase I trial of adoptive transfer of allogeneic natural killer cells in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

(2010) Eleni G. Iliopoulou et al.   CANCER IMMUNOLOGY IMMUNOTHERAPY

Current vaccine updates for lung cancer

(2010) Olivia Simmons et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

Associations between genes for killer immunoglobulin-like receptors and their ligands in patients with solid tumors

(2010) Suliman Al Omar et al.   HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY

Variation of human natural killer cell phenotypes with age: Identification of a unique KLRG1-negative subset

(2010) Richard P.G. Hayhoe et al.   HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY

Biomarkers of suppressed natural killer (NK) cell function in metastatic melanoma: Decreased NKG2D and increased CD158a receptors on CD3–CD16+ NK cells

(2009) Gordana Konjević et al.   BIOMARKERS

Epigenetic regulation of killer immunoglobulin-like receptor expression in T cells

(2009) G. Li et al.   BLOOD

Increased numbers of spontaneous SCLC metastasis in absence of NK cells after subcutaneous inoculation of different SCLC cell lines into pfp/rag2 double knock out mice

(2009) Stephan Sodeur et al.   CANCER LETTERS

NK and NKT Cells in Aging and Longevity: Role of Zinc and Metallothioneins

(2009) Eugenio Mocchegiani et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

HLA Class I Subtype-Dependent Expansion of KIR3DS1+ and KIR3DL1+ NK Cells during Acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection

(2009) G. Alter et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Small Cell Lung Cancer

(2009) Taimur Sher et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Human natural killer cells

(2008) M. A. Caligiuri   BLOOD

Natural killer cells infiltrating human nonsmall-cell lung cancer are enriched in CD56brightCD16− cells and display an impaired capability to kill tumor cells

(2008) Paolo Carrega et al.   CANCER

Malignant and non-malignant lung tissue areas are differentially populated by natural killer cells and regulatory T cells in non-small cell lung cancer

(2007) G. Esendagli et al.   LUNG CANCER