PMID- 29119057 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220330 IS - 2156-6976 (Print) IS - 2156-6976 (Electronic) IS - 2156-6976 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 10 DP - 2017 TI - Dendritic cells based immunotherapy. PG - 2091-2102 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells, and tumor antigen-loaded DCs (DC-vaccines) can activate tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in lymphatic tissues. DC vaccination is a newly emerging and potent form of cancer immunotherapy and has clinically relevant mechanisms of action with great potential for the systemic treatment of cancers. However, clinical trials have demonstrated relatively poor therapeutic efficacy. The efficacy of DC-vaccines is strongly influenced by various techniques for the priming antigen loading onto DCs and their ability to migrate to the draining lymph nodes (LNs). Therefore, it is critical to improve DC-vaccines homing to draining LNs after administration in order to optimize DC-based therapy for individual patients. This review underlines 1) appropriate strategy to load tumor antigens onto DCs and 2) to optimize vaccine administration methods to ensure loaded DCs can migrate to LNs, in particular, Intraperitoneal (IP) injection. IP injection of DC-based vaccine may be a potential regimen for gastrointestinal tumors including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) since huge populations of LNs are present throughout the gastrointestinal track. Which might improve the subsequent migration to LNs. FAU - Shang, Na AU - Shang N AD - Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA. FAU - Figini, Matteo AU - Figini M AD - Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA. FAU - Shangguan, Junjie AU - Shangguan J AD - Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA. FAU - Wang, Bin AU - Wang B AD - Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA. FAU - Sun, Chong AU - Sun C AD - Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA. FAU - Pan, Liang AU - Pan L AD - Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA. FAU - Ma, Quanhong AU - Ma Q AD - Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA. FAU - Zhang, Zhuoli AU - Zhang Z AD - Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA. AD - Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer CenterChicago, IL, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 CA196967/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA209886/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20171001 PL - United States TA - Am J Cancer Res JT - American journal of cancer research JID - 101549944 PMC - PMC5665855 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Dendritic cells OT - cancer vaccine OT - hepatocellular carcinoma OT - immunotherapy OT - pancreatic cancer COIS- None. EDAT- 2017/11/10 06:00 MHDA- 2017/11/10 06:01 PMCR- 2017/10/01 CRDT- 2017/11/10 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/09/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/11/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/11/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/11/10 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Am J Cancer Res. 2017 Oct 1;7(10):2091-2102. eCollection 2017.