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ReviewCell reports. Medicine2025

Dendritic cell immunotherapy advances for solid tumors: Vaccination and modulation.

Georgia Clayton, Elisa C Toffoli, Tanja D de Gruijl, Yvette van Kooyk

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Review in Cell reports. Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Georgia ClaytonDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Immunology, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Elisa C ToffoliCancer Immunology, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Biology and Immunology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Tanja D de GruijlCancer Immunology, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Biology and Immunology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Yvette van KooykDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Immunology, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: y.vankooyk@amsterdamumc.nl.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) are potent antigen-presenting cells, key for inducing anti-tumoral immune responses in the tumor microenvironment (TME) and tumor-draining lymph nodes. Within the TME, immunosuppressive signals often render DCs dysfunctional, hindering their propagation of T cell-mediated cancer cell death and tumor regression. DC-based immunotherapy has been investigated for over two decades, aiming to induce anti-tumor immunity by directly delivering DCs or antigens through vaccination or by enhancing the anti-tumor functions of existing DCs within the TME. Despite some progress, clinical benefit in many patients is still limited. As our understanding of the complex interactions that occur in the TME deepens and new technologies emerge, novel DC immunotherapy strategies are continuously being developed and advanced into clinical trials. This review provides an updated summary of the latest advances in these therapies, identifying trends that correlate with successful outcomes, as well as the challenges still being faced in the field.

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Cancer VaccinesDendritic CellsImmunotherapyNeoplasmsVaccinationAnimalsHumansTumor MicroenvironmentCancer Vaccinesdendritic cellstherapiestumor microenvironmentvaccination

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PMID41086813
PMCPMC12711664

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