Killing the killer: natural killer cells to treat Ewing's sarcoma

Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Aug 1;16(15):3819-21. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-1368. Epub 2010 Jun 16.

Abstract

Cho and coworkers show that Ewing's sarcoma cells are highly sensitive to expanded allogeneic natural killer (NK) cells, partially through a NKG2D- and DNAM-1-dependent mechanism. Using an orthotopic murine model, they also show that irradiation significantly enhances the NK-cell killing of these tumors.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy / methods*
  • Killer Cells, Natural / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / therapy*