Revving up natural killer cells and cytokine-induced killer cells against hematological malignancies

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Pittari, Gianfranco ^a   Filippini, Perla ^b   Gentilcore, Giusy ^b   Grivel, Jean Charles ^b   Rutella, Sergio ^b  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b SIDRA MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Cytokine induced killer cell; Good manufacturing practice; Immunotherapy; Interleukin 15; Interleukin 2; Leukemia; Natural killer cell

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CD94 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DL1; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR;

CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ENGINEERING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYTOKINE INDUCED KILLER CELL; DAUDI CELL LINE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; FEEDER CELL; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; T CELL DEPLETION; TUMOR REGRESSION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 84934280505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00230     Document Type: Review

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