PMID- 36275666 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221025 LR - 20230721 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - Strategies to overcome DC dysregulation in the tumor microenvironment. PG - 980709 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2022.980709 [doi] LID - 980709 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role to modulate anti-cancer immunity in the tumor microenvironment (TME). They link innate to adaptive immunity by processing and presenting tumor antigens to T cells thereby initiating an anti-tumor response. However, subsets of DCs also induce immune-tolerance, leading to tumor immune escape. In this regard, the TME plays a major role in adversely affecting DC function. Better understanding of DC impairment mechanisms in the TME will lead to more efficient DC-targeting immunotherapy. Here, we review the different subtypes and functions of DCs in the TME, including conventional DCs, plasmacytoid DC and the newly proposed subset, mregDC. We further focus on how cancer cells modulate DCs to escape from the host's immune-surveillance. Immune checkpoint expression, small molecule mediators, metabolites, deprivation of pro-immunogenic and release of pro-tumorigenic cytokine secretion by tumors and tumor-attracted immuno-suppressive cells inhibit DC differentiation and function. Finally, we discuss the impact of established therapies on DCs, such as immune checkpoint blockade. Creative DC-targeted therapeutic strategies will be highlighted, including cancer vaccines and cell-based therapies. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Mestrallet, Sone and Bhardwaj. FAU - Mestrallet, Guillaume AU - Mestrallet G AD - Division of Hematology and Oncology, Hess Center for Science & Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States. FAU - Sone, Kazuki AU - Sone K AD - Division of Hematology and Oncology, Hess Center for Science & Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States. FAU - Bhardwaj, Nina AU - Bhardwaj N AD - Division of Hematology and Oncology, Hess Center for Science & Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States. AD - Extramural Member, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, San Francisco, CA, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 AI081848/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20221006 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 0 (Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Tumor Microenvironment MH - *Cancer Vaccines MH - Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors MH - *Neoplasms/therapy MH - Antigens, Neoplasm MH - Cytokines PMC - PMC9583271 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DC OT - Treg OT - cytokines OT - immune checkpoint inhibitors OT - mregDC OT - tumor microenvironment COIS- The 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- 2022/10/25 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/26 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/01 CRDT- 2022/10/24 04:02 PHST- 2022/06/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/24 04:02 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2022.980709 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2022 Oct 6;13:980709. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.980709. eCollection 2022.