PMID- 27795841 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231111 IS - 2075-8251 (Print) IS - 2075-8251 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 3 DP - 2016 Jul-Sep TI - Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Antitumor Immune Response Activation by Dendritic Cells. PG - 17-30 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) play a crucial role in the initiation and regulation of the antitumor immune response. Already , DC-based antitumor vaccines have been thoroughly explored both in animal tumor models and in clinical trials. DC-based vaccines are commonly produced from DC progenitors isolated from peripheral blood or bone marrow by culturing in the presence of cytokines, followed by loading the DCs with tumor-specific antigens, such as DNA, RNA, viral vectors, or a tumor cell lysate. However, the efficacy of DC-based vaccines remains low. Undoubtedly, a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which DCs function would allow us to enhance the antitumor efficacy of DC-based vaccines in clinical applications. This review describes the origin and major subsets of mouse and human DCs, as well as the differences between them. The cellular mechanisms of presentation and cross-presentation of exogenous antigens by DCs to T cells are described. We discuss intracellular antigen processing in DCs, cross-dressing, and the acquisition of the antigen cross-presentation function. A particular section in the review describes the mechanisms of tumor escape from immune surveillance through the suppression of DCs functions. FAU - Markov, O V AU - Markov OV AD - Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Lavrentieva Ave., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090 , Russia. FAU - Mironova, N L AU - Mironova NL AD - Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Lavrentieva Ave., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090 , Russia. FAU - Vlasov, V V AU - Vlasov VV AD - Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Lavrentieva Ave., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090 , Russia. FAU - Zenkova, M A AU - Zenkova MA AD - Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Lavrentieva Ave., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090 , Russia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Russia (Federation) TA - Acta Naturae JT - Acta naturae JID - 101525823 PMC - PMC5081705 OTO - NOTNLM OT - antigen presentation and cross-presentation OT - dendritic cells OT - proteasome OT - subsets OT - tumor immunosuppression EDAT- 2016/11/01 06:00 MHDA- 2016/11/01 06:01 PMCR- 2016/07/01 CRDT- 2016/11/01 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/11/01 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Naturae. 2016 Jul-Sep;8(3):17-30.