Dendritic cells as shepherds of T cell immunity in cancer

MJ Pittet, M Di Pilato, C Garris, TR Mempel - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
In cancer patients, dendritic cells (DCs) in tumor-draining lymph nodes can present antigens
to naive T cells in ways that break immunological tolerance. The clonally expanded progeny …

Same yet different—how lymph node heterogeneity affects immune responses

P Cruz de Casas, K Knöpper, R Dey Sarkar… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Lymph nodes are secondary lymphoid organs in which immune responses of the adaptive
immune system are initiated and regulated. Distributed throughout the body and embedded …

Resident regulatory T cells reflect the immune history of individual lymph nodes

A Kaminski, FT Hager, L Kopplin, F Ticconi… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are present in lymphoid and nonlymphoid tissues where they
restrict immune activation, prevent autoimmunity, and regulate inflammation. Tregs in …

Immune cells as messengers from the CNS to the periphery: The role of the meningeal lymphatic system in immune cell migration from the CNS

C Laaker, C Baenen, KG Kovács, M Sandor… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent decades there has been a large focus on understanding the mechanisms of
peripheral immune cell infiltration into the central nervous system (CNS) in …

An organotypic human lymph node model reveals the importance of fibroblastic reticular cells for dendritic cell function

AI Morrison, AM Mikula, SW Spiekstra, M de Kok… - Tissue Engineering and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background: Human lymph node (HuLN) models have emerged with invaluable
potential for immunological research and therapeutic application given their fundamental …

The contribution of the meningeal immune interface to neuroinflammation in traumatic brain injury

AY Mokbel, MP Burns, BS Main - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2024 - Springer
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and mortality worldwide,
particularly among the elderly, yet our mechanistic understanding of what renders the post …

Vaccinia Virus: Mechanisms Supporting Immune Evasion and Successful Long-Term Protective Immunity

J Hsu, S Kim, N Anandasabapathy - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Vaccinia virus is the most successful vaccine in human history and functions as a protective
vaccine against smallpox and monkeypox, highlighting the importance of ongoing research …

Distal Immunization and Systemic Cytokines Establish a Transient Immune Alert State in the Intestine

Y Wu, JY Huang, MT Conlon, MK Shenoy… - The Journal of …, 2024 - journals.aai.org
Conventionally, immune responses are studied in the context of inflamed tissues and their
corresponding draining lymph nodes (LNs). However, little is known about the effects of …

The anti-tumorigenic role of CARD9 signaling cascade in conventional dendritic cells in colitis-associated colon cancer

V Küntzel - 2024 - edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common type of cancer worldwide, with around 2
million new cases yearly, and the second most common cause of overall cancer mor-tality. A …

Dendritic cells steering antigen and leukocyte traffic in lymph nodes

E Dotta, AK Maciola, T Baccega, G Pasqual - FEBS letters - Wiley Online Library
Dendritic cells (DCs) play a central role in initiating and shaping the adaptive immune
response, thanks to their ability to uptake antigens and present them to T cells. Once in the …