Natural Killer-Based Therapy: A Prospective Thought for Cancer Treatment Related to Diversified Drug Delivery Pathways

• Published in: Pharmaceutics Vol. 16; no. 7; p. 939
• Main Authors: Zang, Jing, Mei, Yijun, Zhu, Shiguo, Yin, Shaoping, Feng, Nianping, Ci, Tianyuan, Lyu, Yaqi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.07.2024
• Subjects: Adapter proteins; Antibodies; Antigens; Bone marrow; Cancer therapies; Chemotherapy; Clinical medicine; Cytokines; Cytotoxicity; drug delivery system; Drug delivery systems; exosomes; Immunotherapy; Kinases; Ligands; Lymphatic system; Lymphocytes; NK cell activation; Radiation therapy; Side effects; tumor immunity; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; tumor immunity; drug delivery system; exosomes; NK cell activation

Immunotherapy has been a research hotspot due to its low side effects, long-lasting efficacy, and wide anti-tumor spectrum. Recently, NK cell-based immunotherapy has gained broad attention for its unique immunological character of tumor identification and eradication and low risk of graft-versus-hos...