CD1d-Invariant Natural Killer T Cell-Based Cancer Immunotherapy:
?-Galactosylceramide and Beyond
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King LA
; Lameris R
; de Gruijl TD
; van der Vliet HJ
Front Immunol
2018[]; 9
(?): 1519
PMID30013569
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CD1d-restricted invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are considered an
attractive target for cancer immunotherapy. Upon their activation by glycolipid
antigen and/or cytokines, iNKT cells can induce direct lysis of tumor cells but
can also induce an antitumor immune response via their rapid production of
proinflammatory cytokines that trigger the cytotoxic machinery of other
components of the innate and adaptive immune system. Here, we provide an overview
of various therapeutic approaches that have been evaluated or that are currently
being developed and/or explored. These include administration of ?-GalCer or
alternative (glyco) lipid antigens, glycolipid-loaded antigen-presenting cells
and liposomes, strategies that enhance CD1d expression levels or are based on
ligation of CD1d, adoptive transfer of iNKT cells or chimeric antigen receptor
iNKT cells, and tumor targeting of iNKT cells.