Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

The tumour microenvironment harbours ontogenically distinct dendritic cell populations with opposing effects on tumour immunity

  • Damya Laoui,
  • Jiri Keirsse,
  • Yannick Morias,
  • Eva Van Overmeire,
  • Xenia Geeraerts,
  • Yvon Elkrim,
  • Mate Kiss,
  • Evangelia Bolli,
  • Qods Lahmar,
  • Dorine Sichien,
  • Jens Serneels,
  • Charlotte L. Scott,
  • Louis Boon,
  • Patrick De Baetselier,
  • Massimiliano Mazzone,
  • Martin Guilliams,
  • Jo A. Van Ginderachter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13720
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Dendritic cells are antigen-presenting cells consisting of distinct subsets originating from different lineages. Here, the authors identify the subsets of dendritic cells populating the tumour tissue in both mice and humans and find they have opposing functions in regulating the anti-tumour immune response.