Colorectal cancer organoids drive hypoxia, TGF-{beta}, and patient-specific diversification of NK cell activation programs

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer | |

Background <p>Colorectal carcinoma exhibits high heterogeneity, comprising subtypes that show poor efficacy of T cell-based immunotherapies, such as programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) checkpoint inhibitors. Although natural killer (NK) cells are considered a promising approach for cancer immunotherapy, it remains unclear what molecular mechanisms drive NK cell activation or suppression within the tumor microenvironment. Moreover, limitations in human tumor…

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