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ReviewAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2026

The DC1 conundrum: Do type I dendritic cells make or break allograft tolerance?

Ivana R Shen, Shareni Jeyamogan, Rebecca T L Jones, James M Mathew, Edward B Thorp, Jesse T Davidson

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Review in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Ivana R ShenDepartment of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Shareni JeyamoganComprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Surgery, Division of Organ Transplantation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rebecca T L JonesDepartment of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
James M MathewComprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Surgery, Division of Organ Transplantation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Edward B ThorpDepartment of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jesse T DavidsonComprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Surgery, Division of Organ Transplantation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: jesse.davidson@nm.org.

Funding

Phagocyte Crosstalk in the Balance of Inflammation & Cardiac DiseaseR35HL177401 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Edward Benjamin Thorp · 2025 to 2026
$2.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL177401
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

True immunologic tolerance in solid organ transplantation (SOT) confers long-term allograft survival without the need for immunosuppression. Type 1 conventional dendritic cells (DC1s) have emerged as a cell type of particular interest in this context, owing to their unique transcriptional programming, specialization in cross-presentation, and indispensable role in maintaining self-tolerance. DC1s have traditionally been studied for their potent stimulatory role in tumor and viral immunology, whereas most dendritic cell (DC)-based tolerance research has historically focused on the monocyte-derived DC. A growing body of work highlights a duality of DC1s in both promoting and undermining allotolerance, as tissue microenvironment, antigen load, signal integration, and cellular crosstalk all contribute to a complex landscape of DC1 functionality. Recent advances in DC biology have enabled precise investigation of DC function and ontogeny, and accumulating evidence supports a subset-specific, tolerogenic role of DC1s in SOT. Moving beyond murine models, recent early phase clinical trials have demonstrated compelling patient safety and efficacy data for tolerogenic DC-based cellular therapy in SOT. In this review, we discuss the seemingly paradoxical discoveries of DC1s' supportive and antagonistic roles in allotolerance and consider emerging data highlighting their potential capabilities as a novel cellular therapy in SOT.

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Dendritic CellsGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalOrgan TransplantationTransplantation ToleranceAnimalsHumansImmune Tolerancedendritic cellstransplant tolerance

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PMID41730452
PMCPMC13333080

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