PMID- 34262904 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210716 IS - 2296-634X (Print) IS - 2296-634X (Electronic) IS - 2296-634X (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2021 TI - Insights Into Dendritic Cells in Cancer Immunotherapy: From Bench to Clinical Applications. PG - 686544 LID - 10.3389/fcell.2021.686544 [doi] LID - 686544 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are efficient antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and potent activators of naive T cells. Therefore, they act as a connective ring between innate and adaptive immunity. DC subsets are heterogeneous in their ontogeny and functions. They have proven to potentially take up and process tumor-associated antigens (TAAs). In this regard, researchers have developed strategies such as genetically engineered or TAA-pulsed DC vaccines; these manipulated DCs have shown significant outcomes in clinical and preclinical models. Here, we review DC classification and address how DCs are skewed into an immunosuppressive phenotype in cancer patients. Additionally, we present the advancements in DCs as a platform for cancer immunotherapy, emphasizing the technologies used for in vivo targeting of endogenous DCs, ex vivo generated vaccines from peripheral blood monocytes, and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived DCs (iPSC-DCs) to boost antitumoral immunity. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Salah, Wang, Li, Ji, Ou, Qi and Wu. FAU - Salah, Ahmed AU - Salah A AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Wang, Hao AU - Wang H AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China. AD - Hangzhou Biaomo Biosciences Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China. AD - Asia Stem Cell Therapies Co., Limited, Shanghai, China. FAU - Li, Yanqin AU - Li Y AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Ji, Meng AU - Ji M AD - Hangzhou Biaomo Biosciences Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China. FAU - Ou, Wen-Bin AU - Ou WB AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Qi, Nianmin AU - Qi N AD - Hangzhou Biaomo Biosciences Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China. AD - Asia Stem Cell Therapies Co., Limited, Shanghai, China. FAU - Wu, Yuehong AU - Wu Y AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20210628 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Cell Dev Biol JT - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology JID - 101630250 PMC - PMC8273339 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cancer immunotherapy OT - cancer vaccines OT - dendritic cells OT - iPSC-DCs OT - induced pluripotent stem cells COIS- HW and NQ were employed by the company Hangzhou Biaomo Biosciences Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China and Asia Stem Cell Therapies Co., Limited, Shanghai, China. MJ was employed by the company Hangzhou Biaomo Biosciences Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/07/16 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/16 06:01 PMCR- 2021/01/01 CRDT- 2021/07/15 06:23 PHST- 2021/03/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/15 06:23 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fcell.2021.686544 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Jun 28;9:686544. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.686544. eCollection 2021.