PMID- 25566258 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20150108 LR - 20220317 IS - 1664-3224 (Print) IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 5 DP - 2014 TI - Dendritic cells in dengue virus infection: targets of virus replication and mediators of immunity. PG - 647 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00647 [doi] LID - 647 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are sentinels of the immune system and detect pathogens at sites of entry, such as the skin. In addition to the ability of DCs to control infections directly via their innate immune functions, DCs help to prime adaptive B- and T-cell responses by processing and presenting antigen in lymphoid tissues. Infected Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus mosquitoes transmit the four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes to humans while probing for small blood vessels in the skin. DENV causes the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral disease in humans, yet no vaccine or specific therapeutic is currently licensed. Although primary DENV infection confers life-long protective immunity against re-infection with the same DENV serotype, secondary infection with a different DENV serotype can lead to increased disease severity via cross-reactive T-cells or enhancing antibodies. This review summarizes recent findings in humans and animal models about DENV infection of DCs, monocytes, and macrophages. We discuss the dual role of DCs as both targets of DENV replication and mediators of innate and adaptive immunity, and summarize immune evasion strategies whereby DENV impairs the function of infected DCs. We suggest that DCs play a key role in priming DENV-specific neutralizing or potentially harmful memory B- and T-cell responses, and that future DC-directed therapies may help induce protective memory responses and reduce dengue pathogenesis. FAU - Schmid, Michael A AU - Schmid MA AD - Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley , Berkeley, CA , USA. FAU - Diamond, Michael S AU - Diamond MS AD - Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, MO , USA ; Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, MO , USA ; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, MO , USA. FAU - Harris, Eva AU - Harris E AD - Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley , Berkeley, CA , USA. LA - eng GR - R01 AI085607/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 AI077955/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20141217 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 PMC - PMC4269190 OTO - NOTNLM OT - antibody-dependent enhancement OT - dendritic cells OT - dengue virus OT - immune evasion OT - innate immunity OT - macrophages OT - monocytes EDAT- 2015/01/08 06:00 MHDA- 2015/01/08 06:01 PMCR- 2014/01/01 CRDT- 2015/01/08 06:00 PHST- 2014/10/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/12/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/01/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/01/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/01/08 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2014/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00647 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2014 Dec 17;5:647. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00647. eCollection 2014.