Human Cytokine-Induced Memory-Like Natural Killer Cells.
Human Cytokine-Induced Memory-Like Natural Killer Cells.
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DOI:
10.1159/000382019
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Fehniger TA
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作者:
Berrien-Elliott MM;Wagner JA;Fehniger TA
NK cells are innate lymphoid cells that are important for host defense against infection and mediate anti-tumor responses. Recent reports from several laboratories have identified that NK cells can remember a prior activation event and consequently respond more robustly when re-stimulated, a property termed innate NK cell memory. NK cell memory has now been identified following hapten exposure, viral infection, and combined cytokine pre-activation with IL-12, IL-15 and IL-18. Many questions in the field remain regarding the cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating memory NK cells and their responses, as well as their formation and function in mice and humans. Here we review our current understanding of cytokine-induced memory-like (CIML) NK cells that are generated by combined pre-activation with IL-12, IL-15 and IL-18. These cells exhibit enhanced NK cell effector functions weeks after the initial cytokine pre-activation. Further, we highlight the pre-clinical rationale and ongoing therapeutic application of CIML NK cells for adoptive immunotherapy in patients with hematologic malignancies.