PMID- 38239364 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240122 LR - 20240403 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 14 DP - 2023 TI - Dendritic cells: the yin and yang in disease progression. PG - 1321051 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1321051 [doi] LID - 1321051 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen presenting cells that link innate and adaptive immunity. DCs have been historically considered as the most effective and potent cell population to capture, process and present antigens to activate naive T cells and originate favorable immune responses in many diseases, such as cancer. However, in the last decades, it has been observed that DCs not only promote beneficial responses, but also drive the initiation and progression of some pathologies, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In line with those notions, different therapeutic approaches have been tested to enhance or impair the concentration and role of the different DC subsets. The blockade of inhibitory pathways to promote DCs or DC-based vaccines have been successfully assessed in cancer, whereas the targeting of DCs to inhibit their functionality has proved to be favorable in IBD. In this review, we (a) described the general role of DCs, (b) explained the DC subsets and their role in immunogenicity, (c) analyzed the role of DCs in cancer and therapeutic approaches to promote immunogenic DCs and (d) analyzed the role of DCs in IBD and therapeutic approaches to reduced DC-induced inflammation. Therefore, we aimed to highlight the "yin-yang" role of DCs to improve the understand of this type of cells in disease progression. CI - Copyright (c) 2024 Jimenez-Cortegana, Palomares, Alba, Santa-Maria, de la Cruz-Merino, Sanchez-Margalet and Lopez-Enriquez. FAU - Jimenez-Cortegana, Carlos AU - Jimenez-Cortegana C AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain. FAU - Palomares, Francisca AU - Palomares F AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain. FAU - Alba, Gonzalo AU - Alba G AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain. FAU - Santa-Maria, Consuelo AU - Santa-Maria C AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Pharmacy, University of Seville, Seville, Spain. FAU - de la Cruz-Merino, Luis AU - de la Cruz-Merino L AD - Clinical Oncology Dept. Medicine Department, University of Seville, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville, Spain. FAU - Sanchez-Margalet, Victor AU - Sanchez-Margalet V AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain. FAU - Lopez-Enriquez, Soledad AU - Lopez-Enriquez S AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20240104 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Dendritic Cells MH - Adaptive Immunity MH - *Neoplasms/metabolism MH - *Inflammatory Bowel Diseases MH - Disease Progression PMC - PMC10794555 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cancer OT - dendritic cell OT - immunity OT - inflammation OT - inflammatory bowel disease 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- 2024/01/19 06:42 MHDA- 2024/01/22 06:42 PMCR- 2023/01/01 CRDT- 2024/01/19 03:38 PHST- 2023/10/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/01/22 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2024/01/19 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/01/19 03:38 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1321051 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2024 Jan 4;14:1321051. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1321051. eCollection 2023.