PMID- 24070385 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131217 LR - 20130927 IS - 1557-8445 (Electronic) IS - 0065-2776 (Linking) VI - 120 DP - 2013 TI - Terminal differentiation of dendritic cells. PG - 185-210 LID - B978-0-12-417028-5.00007-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/B978-0-12-417028-5.00007-7 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are essential for the initiation of an effective immune response. Despite this, our understanding of the molecular regulation of this important cell type has lagged significantly behind that of other lymphoid populations such as B and T cells, but recent development of various tools has greatly facilitated progress in the field. Here, we review the transcription factors that drive peripheral DC subset fate decisions. While Pu.1, Ikaros, and Gfi-1 are essential for precursor DCs to give rise to monocytes, conventional DCs, and plasmacytoid DCs, the balance between E2-2 and Id2 directs committed precursors along a pDC or cDC lineage, respectively. Several transcription factors such as Batf3, Nfil3, and Id2 are required for different DC subsets at steady-state and drive segregation into the individual DCs subsets late in development in the CD8 lineage. During inflammation, CD8-expressing DCs emerge that feature many of the hallmarks of classical CD8alpha(+) DCs but surprisingly do not depend on the same transcription factors. Thus, the immune system has developed two pathways of DC differentiation that enable it to maintain homeostatic balance and to respond rapidly to the emergency requirement for DCs that might occur during infection. CI - (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Seillet, Cyril AU - Seillet C AD - Division of Molecular Immunology, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. FAU - Belz, Gabrielle T AU - Belz GT LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - United States TA - Adv Immunol JT - Advances in immunology JID - 0370425 RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Cell Differentiation MH - Dendritic Cells/classification/*cytology/immunology/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Antigen presenting cells OT - Dendritic cells OT - Differentiation OT - Immunity OT - Transcription factors EDAT- 2013/09/28 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/18 06:00 CRDT- 2013/09/28 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/18 06:00 [medline] AID - B978-0-12-417028-5.00007-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/B978-0-12-417028-5.00007-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Adv Immunol. 2013;120:185-210. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417028-5.00007-7.