Single‐cell RNA‐sequencing and spatial transcriptomic analysis reveal a distinct population of APOE− cells yielding pathological lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer... by Guohui Xiao, Rongli Xie, Jianhua Gu, Yishu Huang, Min Ding, Dongjie Shen, Jiqi Yan, Jianming Yuan, Qiong Yang, Wen He, Siyu Xiao, Haizhen Chen, Dan Xu, Jian Wu, Jian Fei

“…APOE− tumor cells may promote tumor growth by interacting with dendritic cells and CD4+ T cells via CD99‐ rather than CD6‐regulated signaling. …”
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Generation of novel oncolytic vaccinia virus with improved intravenous efficacy through protection against complement-mediated lysis and evasion of neutralization by vaccinia virus... by Dong-Sup Lee, Mi-Ju Park, Namhee Lee, Yun-Hui Jeon, Jiyoon Yoo, Suk-kyung Shin, Songyi Lee, Byung-Jin Jung, Yun-Kyoung Hong, Keunhee Oh

“…The SJ-600 series viruses also expressed human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to activate dendritic cells. The viral thymidine kinase (J2R) gene was replaced by genes encoding the CD55 fusion proteins and GM-CSF.Results SJ-600 series viruses expressing human CD55 on the IMV membrane showed resistance to serum virus neutralization. …”
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Engineered GM-CSF polarizes protumorigenic tumor-associated macrophages to an antitumorigenic phenotype and potently synergizes with IL-12 immunotherapy by Yue Wang, Kevin Chang, Aslan Mansurov, Jun Ishihara, Seounghun Kang, Trevin Kurtanich, Hye Rin Chun, Anna J Slezak, Lisa R Volpatti, Thomas Wang, Aaron T Alpar, Kirsten C Refvik, O Isabella Hansen, Gustavo J Borjas, Brendan T K Berg, Ha-Na Shim, Kevin T Hultgren, Suzana Gomes, Ani Solanki, Melody A Swartz, Jeffrey A Hubbell

“…Therefore, the rational design of immune modulators that can control the immune suppressive properties of TAMs and polarize them, as well as dendritic cells (DCs), toward a more proinflammatory phenotype is a principal objective in cancer immunotherapy.Methods Here, using a protein engineering approach to enhance cytokine residence in the tumor microenvironment, we examined combined stimulation of the myeloid compartment via tumor stroma-binding granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to enhance responses in both DCs and T cells via stroma-binding interleukin-12 (IL-12). …”
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Cancer stem cells and tumor-associated macrophages as mates in tumor progression: mechanisms of crosstalk and advanced bioinformatic tools to dissect their phenotypes and interacti... by Francesco Verona, Sebastiano Di Bella, Roberto Schirano, Camilla Manfredi, Francesca Angeloro, Giulia Bozzari, Matilde Todaro, Matilde Todaro, Giuseppe Giannini, Giuseppe Giannini, Giorgio Stassi, Veronica Veschi

“…The “oncogenic” immune cells are mainly represented by B and T lymphocytes, NK cells, and dendritic cells. Among immune cells, macrophages exhibit a more plastic and adaptable phenotype due to their different subpopulations, which are characterized by both immunosuppressive and inflammatory phenotypes. …”
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Comparison of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived macrophages with peripheral blood-derived macrophages using single-cell genomics by ZHANG Yutong, HOU Guojun, SHEN Nan

“…Further manual annotation of IPSDMs revealed a composition of 97.15% macrophages, 2.71% hematopoietic precursor cell-like cells, and 0.14% dendritic cells. When comparing the expression of macrophage markers, both IPSDMs and PBDMs highly expressed the classical macrophage marker CD68 gene, while IPSDMs exhibited higher expression of markers associated with tissue-resident macrophages. …”
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Transcriptional signature of CD56bright NK cells predicts favourable prognosis in bladder cancer by Md Abdullah Al Kamran Khan, Alexander James Sedgwick, Yuhan Sun, Julian P. Vivian, Julian P. Vivian, Julian P. Vivian, Alexandra J. Corbett, Riccardo Dolcetti, Riccardo Dolcetti, Riccardo Dolcetti, Theo Mantamadiotis, Theo Mantamadiotis, Stefano Mangiola, Stefano Mangiola, Stefano Mangiola, Alexander David Barrow

“…A similar favorable survival trend was projected using gene signatures for mature myeloid dendritic cells (mDC) and CD8+ effector memory T cells (TEM) and unveiled a potential CD56bright NK-mDC-CD8+T cell crosstalk in the BLCA tumour microenvironment. …”
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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato inhibits CIITA transcription through pSTAT3 activation and enhanced SOCS1 and SOCS3 expression leading to limited IFN-γ production by Michelle A.E. Brouwer, Zara Karami, Samuel T. Keating, Hedwig Vrijmoeth, Heidi L.M. Lemmers, Helga Dijkstra, Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Mihaela Lupse, Hadewych J.M. ter Hofstede, Mihai G. Netea, Leo A.B. Joosten

“…In primary human PBMCs and monocyte populations, B. burgdorferi s.l. also specifically interfered with CIITA isoforms normally expressed in antigen presenting dendritic cells. In contrast, it enhanced CIITA isoforms typically present in adaptive immune cell subsets. …”
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Fu Tu Sheng Jin Rehabilitation Formula Mitigate Airway Inflammation, Mucus Secretion and Immune Dysfunction Induced by SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein by Wang BH, Yu KY, Zhang XN, Sun XH, Tang LL, Shi XL

“…Flow cytometry was used to detect T helper 17 (Th17)/regulatory T (Treg) cells and T helper 1(Th1)/T helper 2 (Th2) lymphocyte ratios and the proportions of conventional myeloid dendritic cells (cDCs), plasma cell-like DCs, CD80 and CD86 cells in mouse spleens.Results: HE and PAS staining showed that, compared to that in the normal group, the lung tissue of the D1 group mice showed a significant inflammatory damage response, whereas the D3 and D10 groups showed a gradual recovery trend. …”
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NALCN expression is down-regulated and associated with immune infiltration in gastric cancer by Xuewei Li, Xuewei Li, Na Wu, Chen Wang, Beibei Pei, Xiaoyan Ma, Jun Xie, Jun Xie, Wenhui Yang

“…Analysis of the TCGA database indicated a positive correlation between NALCN expression and the infiltration of B cells, cytotoxic cells, immature dendritic cells (iDC) cells, CD8+ T cells, and others in GC tissue. …”
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Stratification system with dual human endogenous retroviruses for predicting immunotherapy efficacy in metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma by Li Xu, Stephane Oudard, Catherine Sautes-Fridman, Xiaoping Su, Gabriel G. Malouf, Virginie Verkarre, Salma Kotti, Fangrong Yan, Yann-Alexandre Vano, Wolf Herve Fridman, Cheng-Ming Sun, Xiaofan Lu, Wenxuan Cheng

“…The most responsive ERV risk category showed enhanced endothelial cell infiltration, whereas the resistant category was characterized by higher levels of myeloid dendritic cells, regulatory T cells, myeloid-derived suppressor cells, and markers of T-cell exhaustion. …”
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The Effects of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Antimelanoma Immunity Depend on the Timing of Their Administration by Dragana Miloradovic, Dragica Miloradovic, Bojana Simovic Markovic, Aleksandar Acovic, Carl Randall Harrell, Valentin Djonov, Nebojsa Arsenijevic, Vladislav Volarevic

“…On the contrary, MSCs, injected 14 days after melanoma induction (B16F10+MSC14d-treated mice), promoted tumor growth by suppressing antigen-presenting properties of tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages and by reducing tumoricidal capacity of NK cells and T lymphocytes. …”
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Tasquinimod suppresses tumor cell growth and bone resorption by targeting immunosuppressive myeloid cells and inhibiting c-MYC expression in multiple myeloma by Marie Törngren, Rong Fan, Eline Menu, Helena Eriksson, Karin Vanderkerken, Andrew Chantry, Hatice Satilmis, Niels Vandewalle, Emma Verheye, Philip Vlummens, Anke Maes, Catharina Muylaert, Elke De Bruyne, Holly Evans, Nathan De Beule, Dirk Hose, Ken Maes, Karine Breckpot, Kim De Veirman

“…The in vivo impact on immune cells (myeloid cell subsets, macrophages, dendritic cells), tumor load, survival and bone disease were elucidated using immunocompetent 5TMM models.Results Tasquinimod treatment significantly decreased myeloma cell proliferation and colony formation in vitro, associated with an inhibition of c-MYC and increased p27 expression. …”
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A dynamic peripheral immune landscape during human pregnancy by Xiuxing Liu, Lei Zhu, Zhaohao Huang, Zhaohuai Li, Runping Duan, He Li, Lihui Xie, Xiaozhen Chen, Wen Ding, Binyao Chen, Yuehan Gao, Juan Su, Xianggui Wang, Wenru Su

“…Moreover, the transition from adaptive immune reduction to activation in late pregnancy in dendritic cells and CD4+ T cells was also detected. Notably, we proposed a novel view of the pro-aging effect of pregnancy from the perspective of immunity, and this effect may be restored postpartum. …”
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Treatment of pancreatic cancer with irreversible electroporation and intratumoral CD40 antibody stimulates systemic immune responses that inhibit liver metastasis in an orthotopic... by Partha Ray, Tomoko Hayashi, Karen Messer, Stephen Schoenberger, Aaron Miller, Dennis Carson, Sara McArdle, Zbigniew Mikulski, Jayanth S Shankara Narayanan, Suna Erdem, Herve Tiriac, Minya Pu, Rebekah R White

“…Addition of CD40Ab to IRE improved dendritic cell activation and neoantigen recognition, while generating a strong systemic antitumor T-cell response that inhibited metastatic disease progression.…”
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Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species trigger metformin-dependent antitumor immunity via activation of Nrf2/mTORC1/p62 axis in tumor-infiltrating CD8T lymphocytes by Kazuhiro Kakimi, Hirokazu Matsushita, Masaaki Komatsu, Eiryo Kawakami, Mikako Nishida, Nahoko Yamashita, Taisaku Ogawa, Keita Koseki, Eiji Warabi, Tomoyuki Ohue, Katsuyuki Shiroguchi, Heiichiro Udono

“…Consequently, Glut-1 is elevated in CD8TILs, together with the expansion of activated dendritic cells. Moreover, tumor cells lacking in IFNγR signaling abolish IFN-γ production and proliferation of CD8TILs.Conclusions We found that Met stimulates production of mtROS, which triggers Glut-1 elevation and Nrf2 activation in CD8TILs. …”
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Immunomodulatory Effects of Combination Therapy with Bushen Formula plus Entecavir for Chronic Hepatitis B Patients by Long-Shan Ji, Qiu-Tian Gao, Ruo-Wen Guo, Xin Zhang, Zhen-Hua Zhou, Zhuo Yu, Xiao-Jun Zhu, Ya-Ting Gao, Xue-Hua Sun, Yue-Qiu Gao, Man Li

“…The frequencies of Th1, Treg, and dendritic cells (DCs) and expression levels of PD-1/PD-L1 were examined by flow cytometry. …”
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Endogenous IL-33 Deficiency Exacerbates Liver Injury and Increases Hepatic Influx of Neutrophils in Acute Murine Viral Hepatitis by Virginie Carrière, Muhammad Imran Arshad, Jacques Le Seyec, Benjamin Lefevre, Muhammad Farooq, Aurélien Jan, Christelle Manuel, Laurence Touami-Bernard, Catherine Lucas-Clerc, Valentine Genet, Hugues Gascan, Jean-Philippe Girard, Frédéric Chalmel, Lucie Lamontagne, Claire Piquet-Pellorce, Michel Samson

“…An increased depletion of B and T lymphocytes, NKT cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages was observed 48 h postinfection (PI) in IL-33 KO mice than that in WT mice. …”
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The expression of CCL17 and potential prognostic value on tumor immunity in thyroid carcinoma based on bioinformatics analysis by Xue Gu, Bingfeng Chen, Shengcan Zhang, Xinyu Zhai, Ying Hu, Hui Ye

“…Our findings showed that B cells naïve, T cells CD4 memory resting, T cells CD8, T cells regulatory (Tregs), and dendritic cells resting were the main immune components of THCA tumor microenvironment (TME). …”
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XCL1-secreting CEA CAR-T cells enhance endogenous CD8+ T cell responses to tumor neoantigens to confer a long-term antitumor immunity by Kun Chen, Fei Zhao, Hong Zhao, Dongmei Wang, Chunfeng Qu, Zhiyuan Wu, Feifei Wang, Xing-Ning Li, Ruochan Zhang, Chentong Xiao, Yuliang Ran

“…On interaction with CT26.CEA-positive cells, 7XCL1-CAR T cells secreted higher levels of XCL1 and IL-7, effectively recruited the most potent cross-presenting cDC1s (type-I conventional dendritic cells), and sustained the antitumor activity of CAR-T cells. …”
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Nanostructured lipid carriers based mRNA vaccine leads to a T cell–inflamed tumour microenvironment favourable for improving PD-1/PD-L1 blocking therapy and long-term immunity in a... by Carole Fournier, Marion Mercey-Ressejac, Valentin Derangère, Amal Al Kadi, David Rageot, Christine Charrat, Alexis Leroy, Julien Vollaire, Véronique Josserand, Marie Escudé, Séverine Escaich, François Ghiringhelli, Thomas Decaens, Fabrice P. Navarro, Evelyne Jouvin-Marche, Patrice N. Marche

“…Methods: We evaluated whether NLC OVA mRNA complexes activate dendritic cells (DCs) in vitro and identified the involved signalling pathways using specific inhibitors. …”
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