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ReviewCellular & molecular immunology2022

Dendritic cells in cancer immunology.

Theresa L Murphy, Kenneth M Murphy

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Review in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 173 papers.

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173citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

173 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Theresa L MurphyDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. tmurphy@wustl.edu.
Kenneth M MurphyDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. kmurphy@wustl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3505-9630

Funding

Function of Wdfy4 in cross-presentation and immunityR01AI150297 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MURPHY, KENNETH M · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150297
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinical success of immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) has produced explosive growth in tumor immunology research because ICT was discovered through basic studies of immune regulation. Much of the current translational efforts are aimed at enhancing ICT by identifying therapeutic targets that synergize with CTLA4 or PD1/PD-L1 blockade and are solidly developed on the basis of currently accepted principles. Expanding these principles through continuous basic research may help broaden translational efforts. With this mindset, we focused this review on three threads of basic research directly relating to mechanisms underlying ICT. Specifically, this review covers three aspects of dendritic cell (DC) biology connected with antitumor immune responses but are not specifically oriented toward therapeutic use. First, we review recent advances in the development of the cDC1 subset of DCs, identifying important features distinguishing these cells from other types of DCs. Second, we review the antigen-processing pathway called cross-presentation, which was discovered in the mid-1970s and remains an enigma. This pathway serves an essential in vivo function unique to cDC1s and may be both a physiologic bottleneck and therapeutic target. Finally, we review the longstanding field of helper cells and the related area of DC licensing, in which CD4 T cells influence the strength or quality of CD8 T cell responses. Each topic is connected with ICT in some manner but is also a fundamental aspect of cell-mediated immunity directed toward intracellular pathogens.

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Dendritic CellsNeoplasmsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCross-PrimingHumansCD4 helpcross-presentationDendritic cellstranscription factorstumor rejection

Identifiers

PMID34480145
PMCPMC8752832

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