GM-CSF: a double-edged sword in cancer immunotherapy

A Kumar, A Taghi Khani, A Sanchez Ortiz… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a cytokine that drives the
generation of myeloid cell subsets including neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, and …

Dendritic cells in cancer immunology

TL Murphy, KM Murphy - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

Genetic models of human and mouse dendritic cell development and function

DA Anderson III, CA Dutertre, F Ginhoux… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) develop in the bone marrow from haematopoietic progenitors that have
numerous shared characteristics between mice and humans. Human counterparts of mouse …

Human dendritic cells: their heterogeneity and clinical application potential in cancer immunotherapy

TA Patente, MP Pinho, AA Oliveira… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Dendritic cells (DC) are professional antigen presenting cells, uniquely able to induce naïve
T cell activation and effector differentiation. They are, likewise, involved in the induction and …

GM-CSF mouse bone marrow cultures comprise a heterogeneous population of CD11c+ MHCII+ macrophages and dendritic cells

J Helft, J Böttcher, P Chakravarty, S Zelenay, J Huotari… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) are key players in the immune system. Much of their biology has been
elucidated via culture systems in which hematopoietic precursors differentiate into DCs …

WDFY4 is required for cross-presentation in response to viral and tumor antigens

DJ Theisen, JT Davidson IV, CG Briseño, M Gargaro… - Science, 2018 - science.org
During the process of cross-presentation, viral or tumor-derived antigens are presented to
CD8+ T cells by Batf3-dependent CD8α+/XCR1+ classical dendritic cells (cDC1s). We …

Dendritic cell–based cancer vaccines

PM Santos, LH Butterfield - The Journal of Immunology, 2018 - journals.aai.org
Dendritic cells (DC) are specialized immune cells that play a critical role in promoting an
immune response against Ags, which can include foreign pathogenic Ags and self-tumor …

IL-7: comprehensive review

H Winer, GOL Rodrigues, JA Hixon, FB Aiello, TC Hsu… - Cytokine, 2022 - Elsevier
Overview IL-7 is a member of the family of cytokines with four anti-parallel α helixes that bind
Type I cytokine receptors. It is produced by stromal cells and is required for development …

Interaction between virus-like particles (VLPs) and pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) from dendritic cells (DCs): toward better engineering of VLPs

J Zepeda-Cervantes, JO Ramírez-Jarquín… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Virus-like particles (VLPs) have been shown to be strong activators of dendritic cells (DCs).
DCs are the most potent antigen presenting cells (APCs) and their activation prompts the …

The science and medicine of human immunology

B Pulendran, MM Davis - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND The mammalian immune system is a remarkable sensory system for the
detection and neutralization of pathogens. History is replete with the devastating effects of …