The Role of NKT Cells in Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma is an aggressive and deadly cancer, but to date, immunotherapies have failed to make significant strides in improving prognoses for glioblastoma patients. One of the current challenges to developing immunological interventions for glioblastoma is our incomplete understanding of the nume...
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| author | Emily E. S. Brettschneider Masaki Terabe |
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| description | Glioblastoma is an aggressive and deadly cancer, but to date, immunotherapies have failed to make significant strides in improving prognoses for glioblastoma patients. One of the current challenges to developing immunological interventions for glioblastoma is our incomplete understanding of the numerous immunoregulatory mechanisms at play in the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment. We propose that Natural Killer T (NKT) cells, which are unconventional T lymphocytes that recognize lipid antigens presented by CD1d molecules, may play a key immunoregulatory role in glioblastoma. For example, evidence suggests that the activation of type I NKT cells can facilitate anti-glioblastoma immune responses. On the other hand, type II NKT cells are known to play an immunosuppressive role in other cancers, as well as to cross-regulate type I NKT cell activity, although their specific role in glioblastoma remains largely unclear. This review provides a summary of our current understanding of NKT cells in the immunoregulation of glioblastoma as well as highlights the involvement of NKT cells in other cancers and central nervous system diseases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db1055001a1f494d87987fb5b9cb8e592023-11-22T02:19:47ZengMDPI AGCells2073-44092021-06-01107164110.3390/cells10071641The Role of NKT Cells in GlioblastomaEmily E. S. Brettschneider0Masaki Terabe1Neuro-Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USANeuro-Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USAGlioblastoma is an aggressive and deadly cancer, but to date, immunotherapies have failed to make significant strides in improving prognoses for glioblastoma patients. One of the current challenges to developing immunological interventions for glioblastoma is our incomplete understanding of the numerous immunoregulatory mechanisms at play in the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment. We propose that Natural Killer T (NKT) cells, which are unconventional T lymphocytes that recognize lipid antigens presented by CD1d molecules, may play a key immunoregulatory role in glioblastoma. For example, evidence suggests that the activation of type I NKT cells can facilitate anti-glioblastoma immune responses. On the other hand, type II NKT cells are known to play an immunosuppressive role in other cancers, as well as to cross-regulate type I NKT cell activity, although their specific role in glioblastoma remains largely unclear. This review provides a summary of our current understanding of NKT cells in the immunoregulation of glioblastoma as well as highlights the involvement of NKT cells in other cancers and central nervous system diseases.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/7/1641glioblastomanatural killer T cell (NKT)lipid antigenbrain tumortumor immunityglioma |
| spellingShingle | Emily E. S. Brettschneider Masaki Terabe The Role of NKT Cells in Glioblastoma Cells glioblastoma natural killer T cell (NKT) lipid antigen brain tumor tumor immunity glioma |
| title | The Role of NKT Cells in Glioblastoma |
| title_full | The Role of NKT Cells in Glioblastoma |
| title_fullStr | The Role of NKT Cells in Glioblastoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of NKT Cells in Glioblastoma |
| title_short | The Role of NKT Cells in Glioblastoma |
| title_sort | role of nkt cells in glioblastoma |
| topic | glioblastoma natural killer T cell (NKT) lipid antigen brain tumor tumor immunity glioma |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/7/1641 |
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