Recent advances in understanding dendritic cell development, classification, and phenotype.
Dendritic cells (DCs) play an essential role in the induction of adaptive immune responses against infectious agents and in the generation of tolerance to self-antigens. In this mini-review, we summarize new evidence suggesting that the tissue of residence significantly shapes the last developmental steps of DCs into locally adapted cellular entities, enabling them to perform tissue-specific tasks while maintaining the core DC properties. We also discuss recent advances that have highlighted DCs' rather complex phenotypic and functional heterogeneity in the tumor microenvironment, based on their physical characteristics, such as activation status, maturity, and polarization, illustrating a key role for DCs in the induction of anti-tumor immunity.
['Schlitzer|Andreas|A|', 'Zhang|Wei|W|', 'Song|Mei|M|', 'Ma|Xiaojing|X|0000-0003-3043-1840']
D056704:Adaptive Immunity D000818:Animals D003713:Dendritic Cells D006801:Humans D010641:Phenotype D017634:Self Tolerance D059016:Tumor Microenvironment
dendritic cell development immunity tolerance heterogeneity differentiation tumor microinvironment