Redirected Primary Human Chimeric Antigen Receptor Natural Killer Cells As an “Off-the-Shelf Immunotherapy” for Improvement in Cancer Treatment

Primary human natural killer (NK) cells recognize and subsequently eliminate virus infected cells, tumor cells, or other aberrant cells. However, cancer cells are able to develop tumor immune escape mechanisms to undermine this immune control. To overcome this obstacle, NK cells can be genetically m...

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Main Authors: Olaf Oberschmidt, Stephan Kloess, Ulrike Koehl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00654/full