Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells: From basic research to clinical translation

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Guo, Yelei ^a   Han, Weidong ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Antitumor effect; Cancer therapy; Clinical trials; Cytokine induced killer cells; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CELL MIGRATION; CHILL; CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR MODIFIED T CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYTOKINE INDUCED KILLER CELL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; IMMUNOTHERAPY;

CYTOKINE-INDUCED KILLER CELLS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IMMUNOTHERAPY, ADOPTIVE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84924611985     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40880-015-0002-1     Document Type: Review

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