PMID- 36230990 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221017 LR - 20221130 IS - 2073-4409 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4409 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 19 DP - 2022 Sep 27 TI - Dendritic Cells: The Long and Evolving Road towards Successful Targetability in Cancer. LID - 10.3390/cells11193028 [doi] LID - 3028 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are a unique myeloid cell lineage that play a central role in the priming of the adaptive immune response. As such, they are an attractive target for immune oncology based therapeutic approaches. However, targeting these cells has proven challenging with many studies proving inconclusive or of no benefit in a clinical trial setting. In this review, we highlight the known and unknown about this rare but powerful immune cell. As technologies have expanded our understanding of the complexity of DC development, subsets and response features, we are now left to apply this knowledge to the design of new therapeutic strategies in cancer. We propose that utilization of these technologies through a multiomics approach will allow for an improved directed targeting of DCs in a clinical trial setting. In addition, the DC research community should consider a consensus on subset nomenclature to distinguish new subsets from functional or phenotypic changes in response to their environment. FAU - Marmonti, Enrica AU - Marmonti E AD - Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. FAU - Oliva-Ramirez, Jacqueline AU - Oliva-Ramirez J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9334-2066 AD - Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. FAU - Haymaker, Cara AU - Haymaker C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1317-9287 AD - Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. LA - eng GR - U24 CA224285/CA/NCI 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 - 20220927 PL - Switzerland TA - Cells JT - Cells JID - 101600052 SB - IM MH - Adaptive Immunity MH - Cell Lineage MH - Clinical Trials as Topic MH - *Dendritic Cells MH - Humans MH - Myeloid Cells MH - *Neoplasms/therapy PMC - PMC9563837 OTO - NOTNLM OT - antigen-presenting cells OT - cancer OT - dendritic cells OT - immunotherapy OT - monocytes COIS- C.H. reports speaker’s fees from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, serves as an advisory board member for Briacell and the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, has received personal fees from Nanobiotix and receives funding to the MD Anderson Cancer Center from Iovance, Sanofi, Dragonfly Therapeutics, and BTG outside the submitted work. The other authors have nothing to disclose. EDAT- 2022/10/15 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/18 06:00 PMCR- 2022/09/27 CRDT- 2022/10/14 01:54 PHST- 2022/08/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/09/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/14 01:54 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cells11193028 [pii] AID - cells-11-03028 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cells11193028 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cells. 2022 Sep 27;11(19):3028. doi: 10.3390/cells11193028.