PMID- 29458962 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181211 LR - 20190201 IS - 2405-8025 (Electronic) IS - 2405-8033 (Print) IS - 2405-8025 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 2 DP - 2018 Feb TI - Re-Emergence of Dendritic Cell Vaccines for Cancer Treatment. PG - 119-137 LID - S2405-8033(17)30240-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.trecan.2017.12.007 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are essential in immunity owing to their role in activating T cells, thereby promoting antitumor responses. Tumor cells, however, hijack the immune system, causing T cell exhaustion and DC dysfunction. Tumor-induced T cell exhaustion may be reversed through immune checkpoint blockade (ICB); however, this treatment fails to show clinical benefit in many patients. While ICB serves to reverse T cell exhaustion, DCs are still necessary to prime, activate, and direct the T cells to target tumor cells. In this review we provide a brief overview of DC function, describe mechanisms by which DC functions are disrupted by the tumor microenvironment, and highlight recent developments in DC cancer vaccines. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Saxena, Mansi AU - Saxena M AD - The Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY 10029, USA. FAU - Bhardwaj, Nina AU - Bhardwaj N AD - The Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY 10029, USA; Parker Institute of Cancer Immunotherapy, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA. Electronic address: nina.bhardwaj@mssm.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 AI081848/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA180913/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA201189/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AI007605/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - United States TA - Trends Cancer JT - Trends in cancer JID - 101665956 RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cancer Vaccines/*therapeutic use MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Neoplasms/immunology/*therapy PMC - PMC5823288 MID - NIHMS937745 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cancer OT - dendritic cells OT - immune suppression OT - immunotherapy OT - tumor microenvironment OT - vaccines EDAT- 2018/02/21 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/12 06:00 PMCR- 2019/02/01 CRDT- 2018/02/21 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/12/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/12/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/02/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/02/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2405-8033(17)30240-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.trecan.2017.12.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Trends Cancer. 2018 Feb;4(2):119-137. doi: 10.1016/j.trecan.2017.12.007.