Dendritic cell transfer for cancer immunotherapy

Liwei Zhao, Shuai Zhang, Oliver Kepp, Guido Kroemer, Peng Liu

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    Abstract

    Dendritic cells (DCs) play a major role in cancer immunosurveillance as they bridge innate and adaptive immunity by detecting tumor-associated antigens and presenting them to T lymphocytes. The adoptive transfer of antigen loaded DCs has been proposed as an immunotherapeutic approach for the treatment of various types of cancer. Nevertheless, despite promising preclinical data, the therapeutic efficacy of DC transfer is still deceptive in cancer patients. Here we summarize recent findings in DC biology with a special focus on the development of actionable therapeutic strategies and discuss experimental and clinical approaches that aim at improving the efficacy of DC-based immunotherapies, including, but not limited to, optimized DC production and antigen loading, stimulated maturation, the co-treatment with additional immunotherapies, as well as the inhibition of DC checkpoints.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAdoptive Cell Transfer
    EditorsFernando Aranda, Pedro Berraondo, Lorenzo Galluzzi
    PublisherElsevier Inc.
    Pages33-64
    Number of pages32
    ISBN (Print)9780323993999
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2022

    Publication series

    NameInternational Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
    Volume370
    ISSN (Print)1937-6448

    Keywords

    • CRISPR
    • Checkpoint blockade
    • Gene editing
    • Immunogenic cell death
    • iniDC

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