PMID- 34360810 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210913 LR - 20210913 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 15 DP - 2021 Jul 28 TI - Review of Dendritic Cells, Their Role in Clinical Immunology, and Distribution in Various Animal Species. LID - 10.3390/ijms22158044 [doi] LID - 8044 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are cells derived from the hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) of the bone marrow and form a widely distributed cellular system throughout the body. They are the most efficient, potent, and professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs) of the immune system, inducing and dispersing a primary immune response by the activation of naive T-cells, and playing an important role in the induction and maintenance of immune tolerance under homeostatic conditions. Thus, this review has elucidated the general aspects of DCs as well as the current dynamic perspectives and distribution of DCs in humans and in various species of animals that includes mouse, rat, birds, dog, cat, horse, cattle, sheep, pig, and non-human primates. Besides the role that DCs play in immune response, they also play a pathogenic role in many diseases, thus becoming a target in disease prevention and treatment. In addition, its roles in clinical immunology have also been addressed, which include its involvement in transplantation, autoimmune disease, viral infections, cancer, and as a vaccine target. Therefore, based on the current knowledge and understanding of the important roles they play, DCs can be used in the future as a powerful tool for manipulating the immune system. FAU - Zanna, Mohammed Yusuf AU - Zanna MY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8798-1646 AD - Department of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. FAU - Yasmin, Abd Rahaman AU - Yasmin AR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5217-565X AD - Department of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. AD - Laboratory of Vaccines and Biomolecules, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. FAU - Omar, Abdul Rahman AU - Omar AR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7379-0507 AD - Laboratory of Vaccines and Biomolecules, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. AD - Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. FAU - Arshad, Siti Suri AU - Arshad SS AD - Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. FAU - Mariatulqabtiah, Abdul Razak AU - Mariatulqabtiah AR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6999-0207 AD - Laboratory of Vaccines and Biomolecules, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. AD - Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. FAU - Nur-Fazila, Saulol Hamid AU - Nur-Fazila SH AD - Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. FAU - Mahiza, Md Isa Nur AU - Mahiza MIN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0968-0244 AD - Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. LA - eng GR - FASA 1/2018 (5540119)/Fundamental Research Grant Scheme offer (FRGS), Ministry of Education, Government of Malaysia/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20210728 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Autoimmune Diseases/immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/cytology/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Neoplasms/immunology MH - Virus Diseases/immunology PMC - PMC8348663 OTO - NOTNLM OT - animal species OT - clinical immunology OT - dendritic cells (DCs) OT - human COIS- The authors declared that they have no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the result. EDAT- 2021/08/08 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/14 06:00 PMCR- 2021/07/28 CRDT- 2021/08/07 01:07 PHST- 2021/04/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/07 01:07 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/07/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms22158044 [pii] AID - ijms-22-08044 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms22158044 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jul 28;22(15):8044. doi: 10.3390/ijms22158044.