Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

FcγR engagement reprograms neutrophils into antigen cross-presenting cells that elicit acquired anti-tumor immunity

  • Vijayashree Mysore,
  • Xavier Cullere,
  • Joseph Mears,
  • Florencia Rosetti,
  • Koshu Okubo,
  • Pei X. Liew,
  • Fan Zhang,
  • Iris Madera-Salcedo,
  • Frank Rosenbauer,
  • Richard M. Stone,
  • Jon C. Aster,
  • Ulrich H. von Andrian,
  • Andrew H. Lichtman,
  • Soumya Raychaudhuri,
  • Tanya N. Mayadas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24591-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 23

Abstract

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Neutrophils are versatile immune cells that may also serve as antigen-presenting cells (APC). Here the authors show that engaging FcγRs on neutrophils with immune complexes or an anti-FcγR-antigen conjugate induces neutrophil APC with comparable functions as classical dendritic cells, and with therapeutic potentials for cancer and infectious diseases.