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Review Article

CAR-NK Cells for Cancer Therapy: Molecular Redesign of the Innate Antineoplastic Response

Author(s): Oscar Cienfuegos-Jimenez, Eduardo Vazquez-Garza and Augusto Rojas-Martinez*

Volume 22, Issue 4, 2022

Published on: 12 January, 2022

Page: [303 - 318] Pages: 16

DOI: 10.2174/1566523222666211217091724

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Abstract

The Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) has arisen as a powerful synthetic biology-based technology with demonstrated versatility for implementation in T and NK cells. Despite CAR T cell successes in clinical trials, several challenges remain to be addressed regarding adverse events and long-term efficacy. NK cells present an attractive alternative with intrinsic advantages over T cells for treating solid and liquid tumors. Early preclinical and clinical trials suggest at least two major advantages: improved safety and an off-the-shelf application in patients due to its HLA independence. Due to the early stages of CAR NK translation to clinical trials, limited data is currently available. By analyzing these results, it seems that CAR NK cells could offer a reduced probability of Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS) or Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD) in cancer patients, reducing safety concerns. Furthermore, NK cell therapy approaches may be boosted by combining it with immunological checkpoint inhibitors and by implementing genetic circuits to direct CAR-bearing cell behavior. This review provides a description of the CAR technology for modifying NK cells and the translation from preclinical studies to early clinical trials in this new field of immunotherapy.

Keywords: Chimeric antigen receptor, NK cells, adoptive cell transfer, immunotherapy, cancer, gene therapy, synthetic biology.

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