biomedicines Article Lectin-Like Transcript 1 (LLT1) Checkpoint: A Novel Independent Prognostic Factor in HPV-Negative Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma 1,2, 1,2,3, 2,4 Mario Sanchez-Canteli y, Francisco Hermida-Prado y , Christian Sordo-Bahamonde , Irene Montoro-Jiménez 1,2, Esperanza Pozo-Agundo 1,2, Eva Allonca 1,2 , Aitana Vallina-Álvarez 2,5,César Álvarez-Marcos 1,2,3, Segundo Gonzalez 2,4 , Juana M. García-Pedrero 1,2,3,* and Juan P. Rodrigo 1,2,3,* 1 Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain;
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[email protected] (J.P.R.) These authors contributed equally to this work. y Received: 30 October 2020; Accepted: 23 November 2020; Published: 25 November 2020 Abstract: Lectin-like transcript 1 (LLT1) expression by tumor cells contributes to immune evasion, thereby emerging as a natural killer (NK) cell-mediated immunotherapeutic target.