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1 online resource (xi, 205 pages) |
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Cancer drug discovery and development |
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Cancer drug discovery and development.
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880-01 Introduction : mechanisms of NKT-cell-mediated adjuvant activity and function of iPS-derived NKT cells / Masaru Taniguchi [and others] -- Structure and recognition of antigens for invariant NKT cells / Bo Pei and Mitchell Kronenberg -- Invariant NKT cell-based vaccine strategies / John-Paul Jukes [and others] -- Immune regulation of tumor immunity by NKT cells / Jessica J. O'Konek, Jay A. Berzofsky, and Masaki Terabe -- The regulation of CD1d+ and CD1d- tumors by NKT cells : the roles of NKT cells in regulating CD1d+ and CD1d- tumor immunity / Jianyun Liu, Gourapura J. Renukaradhya, and Randy R. Brutkiewicz -- DC-based immunotherapy targeting NKT cells / Shin-ichiro Fujii and Kanako Shimizu -- Therapeutic approaches utilising NKT cells / Stephen R. Mattarollo and Mark J. Smyth -- NKT cells or cancer patients and how models can inform therapeutic plans / Mark A. Exley, Lydia Lynch, and Michael Nowak -- Understanding the role of natural killer T cells in hematologic malignancies : progress and challenges / Natalia Neparidze and Madhav V. Dhodapkar -- Clinical trials with alpha-galactosylceramide (KRN7000) in advanced cancer / Famke L. Schneiders [and others] -- Clinical trials of invariant natural killer T cell-based immunotherapy for cancer / Shinichiro Motohashi, Yoshitaka Okamoto, and Toshinori Nakayama |
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880-01/(S Preface.-Introduction: Mechanisms of NKT cell-mediated adjuvant activity and function of iPS-derived NKT cells -- Structure and Recognition of Antigens for Invariant NKT Cells -- Invariant NKT cell-based vaccine strategies -- Immune regulation of tumor immunity by NKT cells -- The Regulation of CD1d+ and CD1d- tumors by NKT Cells -- DC-based immunotherapy targeting NKT cells -- Therapeutic Approaches Utilising NKT Cells -- NKT Cells of Cancer Patients & How Models can Inform Therapeutic Plans -- Understanding the role of Natural Killer T (NKT) cells in hematologic malignancies: progress and challenges -- Clinical trials with α-galactosylceramide (KRN7000) in advanced cancer -- Clinical trials of invariant Natural Killer T cell-based immunotherapy for cancer -- Index |
| Summary |
Natural killer T (NKT) cells are CD1d-restricted T cells that respond to lipid, not protein, antigens presented by CD1d, which is a non-classical MHC class I-like molecule.¡ This relatively small but pivotal T cell population bridges the gap between innate and adaptive immunity by rapidly produce large amounts of many kinds of cytokines and by providing the T cell arm of the adaptive immune system a mechanism to detect lipid antigens. NKT cells also have both regulatory and effector functions and have been shown to play critical roles in the regulation of immune responses in many disease settings including cancer. Stimulating the protective functions of NKT cells while inhibiting the negative regulatory activity shows promise for the therapy of cancer and several approaches are in clinical trials. ¡ ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ This book reviews what we have learned about NKT cells during last two decades through functional studies in the context of tumor immunology, including clinical trials of NKT cell targeted therapy.¡ This knowledge should also be informative to understand the role of this underappreciated T cell population in many other fields outside of tumor immunology |
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Medicine |
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Oncology |
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Toxicology |
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Biomedicine |
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Cancer Research |
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Pharmacology/Toxicology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Tumors -- Immunological aspects.
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T cells.
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Killer cells.
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Immunological tolerance.
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Immune Tolerance
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Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
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Natural Killer T-Cells -- immunology
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Killer cells.
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T cells.
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Tumors -- Immunological aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Terabe, Masaki
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Berzofsky, Jay A.
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| ISBN |
9781461406136 |
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1461406137 |
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9786613353221 |
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6613353221 |
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