Natural killer activation for bladder cancer elimination can be achieved in vitro by heat-killed BCG
G. Esteso, N. Aguilo, E. Julian, O. Ashiru, M. M. Ho, C. Martin, M. Vales-Gomez
The paper shows that heat-killed BCG substrains activate NK cells to eliminate bladder cancer cells in vitro, with Tice, Connaught, and Moreau strains being most effective.
bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2020Immunology