PMID- 32132993 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210308 LR - 20210308 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2020 TI - Wnt Signaling Cascade in Dendritic Cells and Regulation of Anti-tumor Immunity. PG - 122 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00122 [doi] LID - 122 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) control the strength and quality of antigen-specific adaptive immune responses. This is critical for launching a robust immunity against invading pathogens while maintaining a state of tolerance to self-antigens. However, this also represents a fundamental barrier to anti-tumor immune responses and cancer immunotherapy. DCs in the tumor microenvironment (TME) play a key role in this process. The factors in the TME and signaling networks that program DCs to a regulatory state are not fully understood. Recent advances point to novel mechanisms by which the canonical Wnt signaling cascade in DCs regulates immune suppression, and the same pathway in tumors is associated with the evasion of anti-tumor immunity. Here, we review these recent advances in the context of the pleiotropic effects of the Wnts in shaping anti-tumor immune responses by modulating DC functions. In addition, we will discuss how Wnt/beta-catenin pathway in DCs can be targeted for successful cancer immunotherapy. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Suryawanshi, Hussein, Prasad and Manicassamy. FAU - Suryawanshi, Amol AU - Suryawanshi A AD - Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States. FAU - Hussein, Mohamed S AU - Hussein MS AD - Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States. FAU - Prasad, Puttur D AU - Prasad PD AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States. FAU - Manicassamy, Santhakumar AU - Manicassamy S AD - Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States. AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States. AD - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 DK097271/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK123360/DK/NIDDK 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 - 20200217 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (beta Catenin) SB - IM MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immunity/*immunology MH - Immunotherapy MH - Neoplasms/immunology MH - Signal Transduction/immunology MH - Tumor Microenvironment/*immunology/*physiology MH - Wnt Signaling Pathway/*immunology MH - beta Catenin/immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC7039855 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Wnt OT - anti-tumor immunity OT - beta-catenin (beta-catenin) OT - dendritic cells OT - immunotherapy OT - tumor microenvironment (TME) EDAT- 2020/03/07 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/09 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/03/06 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/01/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/03/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/03/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00122 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2020 Feb 17;11:122. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00122. eCollection 2020.