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New Technologies toward Dendritic Cell‐Based Cancer Immunotherapies
Author(s) -
Matsue Hiroyuki,
Morita Akimichi,
Matsue Keiko,
Takashima Akira
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1999.tb02088.x
Subject(s) - immunology , dendritic cell , antigen , cancer , biology , immunotherapy , immune system , genetics
Immunologically naive T cells are activated most efficiently or even exclusively by special subsets of antigen presenting cells, termed dendritic cells (DC). Members of the DC family have been identified in virtually all epithelial tissues that are constantly exposed to environmental antigens or infectious microbes. For example, skin is equipped with at least two members of this family, epidermal Langerhans cells (LC) and dermal DC. DC have been shown to play pathogenic roles in several different inflammatory/immunological disorders and protective roles against infectious pathogens and cancer development. In this review article, we will overview the recent progress in the development of DC‐based immunotherapies for the prevention and treatment of cancers.