PMID- 29549977 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191028 LR - 20231108 IS - 1872-9142 (Electronic) IS - 0161-5890 (Print) IS - 0161-5890 (Linking) VI - 110 DP - 2019 Jun TI - Molecular regulation of dendritic cell development and function in homeostasis, inflammation, and cancer. PG - 24-39 LID - S0161-5890(18)30021-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.molimm.2018.01.014 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are the principal antigen-presenting cells of the immune system and play key roles in controlling immune tolerance and activation. As such, DCs are chief mediators of tumor immunity. DCs can regulate tolerogenic immune responses that facilitate unchecked tumor growth. Importantly, however, DCs also mediate immune-stimulatory activity that restrains tumor progression. For instance, emerging evidence indicates the cDC1 subset has important functions in delivering tumor antigens to lymph nodes and inducing antigen-specific lymphocyte responses to tumors. Moreover, DCs control specific therapeutic responses in cancer including those resulting from immune checkpoint blockade. DC generation and function is influenced profoundly by cytokines, as well as their intracellular signaling proteins including STAT transcription factors. Regardless, our understanding of DC regulation in the cytokine-rich tumor microenvironment is still developing and must be better defined to advance cancer treatment. Here, we review literature focused on the molecular control of DCs, with a particular emphasis on cytokine- and STAT-mediated DC regulation. In addition, we highlight recent studies that delineate the importance of DCs in anti-tumor immunity and immune therapy, with the overall goal of improving knowledge of tumor-associated factors and intrinsic DC signaling cascades that influence DC function in cancer. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Chrisikos, Taylor T AU - Chrisikos TT AD - Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. FAU - Zhou, Yifan AU - Zhou Y AD - Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. FAU - Slone, Natalie AU - Slone N AD - Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. FAU - Babcock, Rachel AU - Babcock R AD - Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. FAU - Watowich, Stephanie S AU - Watowich SS AD - Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. Electronic address: swatowic@mdanderson.org. FAU - Li, Haiyan S AU - Li HS AD - Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. Electronic address: haiyanli@mdanderson.org. LA - eng GR - R01 AI109294/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 AI109294/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 DEP - 20180315 PL - England TA - Mol Immunol JT - Molecular immunology JID - 7905289 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/*genetics MH - Dendritic Cells/*physiology MH - *Homeostasis/genetics/immunology MH - Humans MH - *Inflammation/genetics/immunology/pathology MH - *Neoplasms/genetics/immunology/pathology PMC - PMC6139080 MID - NIHMS951473 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Antigen presentation OT - Cytokine OT - Dendritic cell OT - Molecular regulation OT - STAT OT - Tumor COIS- Declaration of Interest The authors declare no competing financial interests. None of the authors affiliated with this manuscript have any commercial or associations that might pose a conflict interest. EDAT- 2018/03/20 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/29 06:00 PMCR- 2020/06/01 CRDT- 2018/03/19 06:00 PHST- 2017/07/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/01/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/03/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0161-5890(18)30021-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.molimm.2018.01.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Immunol. 2019 Jun;110:24-39. doi: 10.1016/j.molimm.2018.01.014. Epub 2018 Mar 15.