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ReviewPharmaceutical science advances2026

Mechanisms of tumor cell evasion from NK cell-mediated killing and advances in NK cell-based cancer immunotherapy.

Rulin Zheng, Zhuqing Wang, Baodi Zhang, Yiwei Li, Shan Gao, Yuhan Guo, Deping Meng, Xiaodong Mu, Liwei Shao

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Review in Pharmaceutical science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Rulin ZhengSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Institute of Materia Medical, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan City, 250117, China.
Zhuqing WangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Institute of Materia Medical, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan City, 250117, China.
Baodi ZhangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Institute of Materia Medical, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan City, 250117, China.
Yiwei LiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Institute of Materia Medical, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan City, 250117, China.
Shan GaoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Institute of Materia Medical, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan City, 250117, China.
Yuhan GuoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Institute of Materia Medical, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan City, 250117, China.
Deping MengSchool of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University& Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan City, 250117, China.
Xiaodong MuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Institute of Materia Medical, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan City, 250117, China.
Liwei ShaoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Institute of Materia Medical, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan City, 250117, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells represent a critical component of the innate immune system, capable of exerting potent cytotoxic activity against infected and transformed cells. However, tumor cells evolve diverse strategies to evade NK cell-mediated surveillance, including modulation of receptor-ligand interactions, secretion of immunosuppressive cytokines, metabolic disruption, and induction of NK cell exhaustion. In this review, we summarise the mechanisms by which tumors escape NK cell control and highlight recent advances in NK cell-based immunotherapies, including adoptive NK transfer, immune checkpoint blockade, and CAR-engineered NK cells. Ongoing efforts to improve NK cell persistence, infiltration, and functional resilience hold promise for optimising clinical efficacy.

Indexed as

Cancer immunotherapyCAR-NK therapyImmune evasionNatural killer cellsTumor immunologyTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID41799416
PMCPMC12964005

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