In this article, we consider what dendritic cells (DCs) are, how they are generated, their function in the body and some medical conditions related to them. DCs are named for their distinctive ...

Dendritic cells (DCs) are exceptionally potent antigen-presenting cells (APCs) in the human body and are considered the “sentinels” of the immune system. They are essential in establishing, ...

EPFL researchers have successfully engineered cells of the immune system to more effectively recognize cancer cells. The work, covered in two papers, turns the previously lab-based method into a ...

Scientists at the Princeton University Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have identified novel mechanisms by ...

Cancer immunotherapy is a strategy that turns the patient’s own immune cells into a “search-and-destroy” force that attacks the tumor’s cells. The “search” immune cells are the dendritic cells, which ...

Scientists from the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Faculty of ...