PMID- 26089823 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20150619 LR - 20201226 IS - 1664-3224 (Print) IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 6 DP - 2015 TI - Present and Future of Allogeneic Natural Killer Cell Therapy. PG - 286 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00286 [doi] LID - 286 AB - Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that are capable of eliminating tumor cells and are therefore used for cancer therapy. Although many early investigators used autologous NK cells, including lymphokine-activated killer cells, the clinical efficacies were not satisfactory. Meanwhile, human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation revealed the antitumor effect of allogeneic NK cells, and HLA-haploidentical, killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor ligand-mismatched allogeneic NK cells are currently used for many protocols requiring NK cells. Moreover, allogeneic NK cells from non-HLA-related healthy donors have been recently used in cancer therapy. The use of allogeneic NK cells from non-HLA-related healthy donors allows the selection of donor NK cells with higher flexibility and to prepare expanded, cryopreserved NK cells for instant administration without delay for ex vivo expansion. In cancer therapy with allogeneic NK cells, optimal matching of donors and recipients is important to maximize the efficacy of the therapy. In this review, we summarize the present state of allogeneic NK cell therapy and its future directions. FAU - Lim, Okjae AU - Lim O AD - Virology and Immunology Team, MOGAM Biotechnology Institute , Yongin , South Korea. FAU - Jung, Mi Young AU - Jung MY AD - Virology and Immunology Team, MOGAM Biotechnology Institute , Yongin , South Korea. FAU - Hwang, Yu Kyeong AU - Hwang YK AD - Cell Therapy Center, GreenCross LabCell , Yongin , South Korea. FAU - Shin, Eui-Cheol AU - Shin EC AD - Laboratory of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST , Daejeon , South Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20150603 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 PMC - PMC4453480 OTO - NOTNLM OT - adoptive cell therapy OT - allogeneic OT - cancer immunotherapy OT - natural killer cells OT - non-HLA-related donor EDAT- 2015/06/20 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/20 06:01 PMCR- 2015/01/01 CRDT- 2015/06/20 06:00 PHST- 2015/03/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/05/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/06/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/20 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00286 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2015 Jun 3;6:286. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00286. eCollection 2015.