Cryopreservation impairs 3-D migration and cytotoxicity of natural killer cells

Cryopreservation is standard protocol prior to using NK cells in immunotherapy. Here the authors show that cryopreservation substantially reduces the clinical utility of these cells owing to a defect in their motility, an effect that might account for failure to treat some cancers with NK cell immun...

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Main Authors: Christoph Mark, Tina Czerwinski, Susanne Roessner, Astrid Mainka, Franziska Hörsch, Lucas Heublein, Alexander Winterl, Sebastian Sanokowski, Sebastian Richter, Nina Bauer, Thomas E. Angelini, Gerold Schuler, Ben Fabry, Caroline J. Voskens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19094-0