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ReviewImmunology2018

Human dendritic cell subsets: an update.

Matthew Collin, Venetia Bigley

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In one paragraph

Review in Immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 787 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
787citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
45.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

787 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,259 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mucosal immune response in biology, disease prevention and treatment.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  20. The DC1 conundrum: Do type I dendritic cells make or break allograft tolerance?American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2026
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727 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew CollinHuman Dendritic Cell Lab, Institute of Cellular Medicine and NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6585-9586
Venetia BigleyHuman Dendritic Cell Lab, Institute of Cellular Medicine and NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3017-2474
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK C30484/A21025Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 101155/Z/13/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DC) are a class of bone-marrow-derived cells arising from lympho-myeloid haematopoiesis that form an essential interface between the innate sensing of pathogens and the activation of adaptive immunity. This task requires a wide range of mechanisms and responses, which are divided between three major DC subsets: plasmacytoid DC (pDC), myeloid/conventional DC1 (cDC1) and myeloid/conventional DC2 (cDC2). Each DC subset develops under the control of a specific repertoire of transcription factors involving differential levels of IRF8 and IRF4 in collaboration with PU.1, ID2, E2-2, ZEB2, KLF4, IKZF1 and BATF3. DC haematopoiesis is conserved between mammalian species and is distinct from monocyte development. Although monocytes can differentiate into DC, especially during inflammation, most quiescent tissues contain significant resident populations of DC lineage cells. An extended range of surface markers facilitates the identification of specific DC subsets although it remains difficult to dissociate cDC2 from monocyte-derived DC in some settings. Recent studies based on an increasing level of resolution of phenotype and gene expression have identified pre-DC in human blood and heterogeneity among cDC2. These advances facilitate the integration of mouse and human immunology, support efforts to unravel human DC function in vivo and continue to present new translational opportunities to medicine.

Indexed as

ImmunityBiomarkersCell CommunicationCell DifferentiationDendritic CellsHumansImmunophenotypingKruppel-Like Factor 4PhenotypeSignal TransductionBiomarkersKLF4 protein, humanKlf4 protein, mouseKruppel-Like Factor 4antigen presentation/processingdendritic celltranscriptomics

Identifiers

PMID29313948
PMCPMC5904714
OpenAlexW2781617771

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