PMID- 37190135 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230519 IS - 2072-6694 (Print) IS - 2072-6694 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6694 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 8 DP - 2023 Apr 8 TI - Dendritic Cell Subsets in Melanoma: Pathophysiology, Clinical Prognosis and Therapeutic Exploitation. LID - 10.3390/cancers15082206 [doi] LID - 2206 AB - Evasion from immunity is a hallmark of cancer development. Dendritic cells (DCs) are strategic immune cells shaping anti-tumor immune responses, but tumor cells exploit DC versatility to subvert their functions. Unveiling the puzzling role of DCs in the control of tumor development and mechanisms of tumor-induced DC hijacking is critical to optimize current therapies and to design future efficient immunotherapies for melanoma. Dendritic cells, crucially positioned at the center of anti-tumor immunity, represent attractive targets to develop new therapeutic approaches. Harnessing the potencies of each DC subset to trigger appropriate immune responses while avoiding their subversion is a challenging yet promising step to achieve tumor immune control. This review focuses on advances regarding the diversity of DC subsets, their pathophysiology and impact on clinical outcome in melanoma patients. We provide insights into the regulation mechanisms of DCs by the tumor, and overview DC-based therapeutic developments for melanoma. Further insights into DCs' diversity, features, networking, regulation and shaping by the tumor microenvironment will allow designing novel effective cancer therapies. The DCs deserve to be positioned in the current melanoma immunotherapeutic landscape. Recent discoveries strongly motivate exploitation of the exceptional potential of DCs to drive robust anti-tumor immunity, offering promising tracks for clinical successes. FAU - Sosa Cuevas, Eleonora AU - Sosa Cuevas E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2093-9707 AD - EFS AuRA, R&D Laboratory, 38000 Grenoble, France. AD - Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Team: Epigenetics, Immunity, Metabolism, Cell Signaling and Cancer, Universite Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France. FAU - Saas, Philippe AU - Saas P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8857-9939 AD - EFS AuRA, R&D Laboratory, 38000 Grenoble, France. AD - Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Team: Epigenetics, Immunity, Metabolism, Cell Signaling and Cancer, Universite Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France. FAU - Aspord, Caroline AU - Aspord C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4979-7044 AD - EFS AuRA, R&D Laboratory, 38000 Grenoble, France. AD - Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Team: Epigenetics, Immunity, Metabolism, Cell Signaling and Cancer, Universite Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France. LA - eng GR - Grant 2020-2022/Etablissement Francais du Sang (EFS) AuRA/ GR - Grant 2020-2022/Ligue contre le Cancer/ GR - Grant 2020-2022/Societe Francaise de Dermatologie (SFD/ GR - Grant 2020-2022/GEFLUC/ GR - Grant 2021-2023/Fondation BMS/ GR - Grant 2020-2022/Universite Grenoble Alpes (UGA)/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230408 PL - Switzerland TA - Cancers (Basel) JT - Cancers JID - 101526829 PMC - PMC10136655 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DC subsets OT - DC-based therapies OT - immune subversion OT - melanoma OT - prognostic factor COIS- The authors declare 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 results. EDAT- 2023/05/16 06:42 MHDA- 2023/05/16 06:43 PMCR- 2023/04/08 CRDT- 2023/05/16 01:13 PHST- 2023/02/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/03/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/04/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/16 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/16 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/16 01:13 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cancers15082206 [pii] AID - cancers-15-02206 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cancers15082206 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancers (Basel). 2023 Apr 8;15(8):2206. doi: 10.3390/cancers15082206.