Special Issue "Targeting Innate Immunity Cells in Cancer"
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2020) | Viewed by 136339
Special Issue Editor
Interests: immunosenescence; NK cells; T and NK cell-based immunotherapy; cytomegalovirus; leukemia
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advances in the better understanding of the relationship between the immune system and cancer have enabled the development of a broad arsenal of strategies aiming to target different aspects of the immune response for cancer treatment. Natural killer (NK) cells and other innate immunity cells are involved in the defense against tumors and viral infections. Their phenotype and function are strongly affected in patients with cancer. The deeper analysis of these cell alterations not only in cancer but also in other clinical conditions such as viral infection, chronic inflammation, autoimmunity, or ageing will contribute to the design of new therapeutic strategies aiming to modulate NK cell effector functions and to restore their antitumor functionality. In addition, therapeutic antibodies blocking checkpoints in innate immune cells, bispecific linker proteins, or NK cell-based adoptive cellular immunotherapy, including CAR-NK cells, can constitute new weapons to fight cancer. Thus, the aim of this Special Issue is to highlight recent studies on the interaction of NK and other innate immune cells with cancer cells and the potential to modulate innate immunity in cancer therapy.
Prof. Rafael Solana
Guest Editor
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