Dendritic cells revisited

M Cabeza-Cabrerizo, A Cardoso… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Dendritic cells (DCs) possess the ability to integrate information about their environment and
communicate it to other leukocytes, shaping adaptive and innate immunity. Over the years, a …

Cellular responses to the efferocytosis of apoptotic cells

C Yin, B Heit - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The rapid and efficient phagocytic clearance of apoptotic cells, termed efferocytosis, is a
critical mechanism in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. Removal of apoptotic cells …

[HTML][HTML] Secreted gelsolin inhibits DNGR-1-dependent cross-presentation and cancer immunity

E Giampazolias, O Schulz, KHJ Lim, NC Rogers… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Cross-presentation of antigens from dead tumor cells by type 1 conventional dendritic cells
(cDC1s) is thought to underlie priming of anti-cancer CD8+ T cells. cDC1 express high …

[HTML][HTML] Macropinocytosis: Biology and mechanisms

RR Kay - Cells & Development, 2021 - Elsevier
Macropinocytosis is a form of endocytosis performed by ruffles and cups of the plasma
membrane. These close to entrap droplets of medium into micron-sized vesicles, which are …

Type 1 conventional dendritic cells: ontogeny, function, and emerging roles in cancer immunotherapy

S Zhang, M Chopin, SL Nutt - Trends in immunology, 2021 - cell.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) are key immune sentinels that orchestrate protective immune
responses against pathogens or cancers. DCs have evolved into multiple phenotypically …

Beyond the extra respiration of phagocytosis: NADPH oxidase 2 in adaptive immunity and inflammation

PM Mortimer, SA Mc Intyre, DC Thomas - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) derived from the phagocyte NADPH oxidase (NOX2) are
essential for host defence and immunoregulation. Their levels must be tightly controlled …

Shaping of T cell functions by trogocytosis

M Nakayama, A Hori, S Toyoura, SI Yamaguchi - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Trogocytosis is an active process whereby plasma membrane proteins are transferred from
one cell to the other cell in a cell-cell contact-dependent manner. Since the discovery of the …

Natural killer cells and dendritic cells: Expanding clinical relevance in the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumor microenvironment

P Ahluwalia, M Ahluwalia, AK Mondal, NS Sahajpal… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality around the globe. In the
past decades, there has been rapid progress in the development of tools to detect, screen …

A functional assay for serum detection of antibodies against SARS‐CoV‐2 nucleoprotein

A Albecka, D Clift, M Vaysburd, T Rhinesmith… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
The humoral immune response to SARS‐CoV‐2 results in antibodies against spike (S) and
nucleoprotein (N). However, whilst there are widely available neutralization assays for S …

Maintenance and loss of endocytic organelle integrity: mechanisms and implications for antigen cross-presentation

E Childs, CM Henry, J Canton… - Open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The membranes of endosomes, phagosomes and macropinosomes can become damaged
by the physical properties of internalized cargo, by active pathogenic invasion or by cellular …