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The French DC Society - Club Francophone des DC (CFCD)
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We are mononuclear phagocytes enthusiasts and we organise biennial international meetings on the topic in France...

https://www.cfcd.fr
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Registration Open for the 2025 French Dendritic Cell Society (CFCD) !!

www.cfcd.fr/meeting/prog...
When: December 4th - 5th, 2025

Where: Institut Curie in Paris

How: 👇👇👇
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Deadlines
- October 15th, 2025: Early Birds + Abstracts
- November 15th, 2025: Late abstracts
New publication in @cp-immunity.bsky.social by the Sanjiv Luther Lab of the @unil.bsky.social showing that DCs through Notch-dependent signalling instruct lymphoid organ fibroblast organisation to establish functional T cell niches. 👇
www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
Homeostatic mature dendritic cells instruct fibroblast specialization via Notch2 signaling to establish T cell niches
Specialized fibroblastic reticular cell (FRC) subsets in lymph nodes orchestrate the compartmentalization that guides immune cell migration, interaction, and function. Alouche et al. examine the signa...
www.cell.com
June 19, 2026 at 9:31 AM
🚨 We are pleased to announce that we have an open call for travel grants for conferences in the field of dendritic cells. Do not hesitate to apply 🚨
More details 👇
June 8, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Fresh from science immunology, the @sancholab.bsky.social group identifies " the mitochondrial redox metabolism as a key regulator of antigen cross-presentation in conventional type 1 DCs" 👏 and 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mitochondrial complex I activity promotes antigen cross-presentation in dendritic cells
Mitochondrial complex I dysfunction in dendritic cells disrupts NAD+/NADH redox balance and impairs antigen cross-presentation.
www.science.org
June 8, 2026 at 8:32 AM
@reisesousalab.bsky.social et al. show in @natcancer.nature.com that "non-specialized APCs such as cDC2 and moDCs can be harnessed for cross-presentation of necrotic tumor antigens through F-actin-Fcγ receptors bridging".
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Coupling dead cell recognition to Fcγ receptors augments anticancer immunity - Nature Cancer
Castro-Dopico et al. report the design of reagents to bridge F-actin and Fcγ receptors, endowing a range of antigen-presenting cells with the ability to cross-present antigens from dead tumor cells an...
www.nature.com
June 5, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Very cool paper in @cp-immunity.bsky.social showing that a "dietary modulation of NKT-XCL1-cDC1 axis in combination with immune check points inhibitors may open avenues for improved treatments of colon cancer".👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dietary sulfur amino acids enhance anti-tumor immunity in colon cancer via an NKT cell-XCL1-cDC1 circuit
The efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in colon cancer (CC) is limited by the tolerogenic immune landscape of both the tumor and the inte…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 4, 2026 at 7:38 AM
The laboratory of @laouimmunology.bsky.social provides in @natcomms.nature.com "an in-depth characterization of the tumor-associated dendritic cell compartment in mouse and human cancers" 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pan-cancer single-cell atlases of mouse and human tumor-associated dendritic cells - Nature Communications
Multiple lineages and functional states of tumor-associated dendritic cells (TADCs), as essential inducers of anti-tumor immunity, have been reported. Here, the authors have generated single-cell RNA ...
www.nature.com
June 3, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Congrats to the @sancholab.bsky.social et al, for this nice paper in @natcomms.nature.com showing that "type 1 conventional dendritic cell-based vaccination excels at immune memory induction and prevention of cancer recurrence"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Immunotherapy with conventional type-1 dendritic cells induces immune memory and limits tumor relapse - Nature Communications
Dendritic cells (DCs) induce infection-protective immune memory, which has yet to be exploited for cancer therapy. Here we show that type 1 DC vaccines quantitatively and qualitatively favors anti-tum...
www.nature.com
June 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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Another paper out this week in @scienceimmuno.bsky.social by the Reizis laboratory showing that "Cohesin-mediated chromatin organization controls the differentiation and function of dendritic cells" Congrats 👏https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.adx4622
Cohesin-mediated chromatin organization controls the differentiation and function of dendritic cells
Chromatin-organizing cohesin complex cooperates with transcription factor IRF8 to enable the functionality of dendritic cells in vivo.
www.science.org
February 18, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Congrats to the Reizis lab for this beautiful paper in @science.org identifying the "transcription factor Etv3 as controling the tolerogenic function of dendritic cells"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Transcription factor Etv3 controls the tolerogenic function of dendritic cells
Dendritic cells (DCs) facilitate the maintenance of immunological tolerance in the steady state. We report that transcription factor Etv3 is preferentially expressed in mature DCs, including tissue-de...
www.science.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Congrats to Mei Li and team for this nice story in @natimmunol.nature.com showing "that TSLP from keratinocytes activates transitional DC-derived DC2 to promote GATA3+ regulatory T cells and mediate immunosuppression during inflammation and cancer".

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
TSLP promotes GATA3-expressing effector regulatory T cells via DC2 derived from transitional DCs - Nature Immunology
Recent work has revealed that dendritic cells (DCs) are more heterogeneous than previously thought, yet the functional roles of these newly described DC subsets remain unclear. Here, Li et al. find th...
www.nature.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Really nice study in @natimmunol.nature.com dissecting thymic DC subsets and demonstrating that crosstalk with thymocytes is essential for thymic DC activation, maturation, and function.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The differentiation and function of heterogeneous thymic dendritic cell subsets require signals provided by distinct thymocyte cell types - Nature Immunology
Dendritic cells (DCs) are required to establish thymic central tolerance. Here Srinivasan et al. use single-cell transcriptomics to define thymic conventional dendritic cell (cDC) subsets and find tha...
www.nature.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
@salva-iborra.bsky.social and Co in @jem.org elegantly sow that plasmacytoid DCs expand tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cell responses during viral reinfection

rupress.org/jem/article/...
January 13, 2026 at 8:08 AM
In @nature.com the team of E.G Engleman shows that Erythropoietin receptor on cDC1s dictates their ability to induce immune tolerance.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 9, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Very interesting work in @jem.org showing an important role of Claudin 1 expression by thymic conventional DC1 for the maintenance of central tolerance.

rupress.org/jem/article/...
Claudin 1–mediated positioning of DC1 to mTECs is essential for maintenance of central tolerance | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
Březina et al. demonstrate that Claudin 1 enables thymic type 1 dendritic cells to localize within proximity to medullary thymic epithelial cells. This spa
rupress.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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DNA-damaging chemotherapy leads to repopulation of the resident cardiac macrophage population, protecting the heart against injury in mice.

Learn more in #ScienceImmunology: https://scim.ag/49gYQJg
DNA-damaging chemotherapy reshapes cardiac-resident macrophage composition and function
Carboplatin reshapes macrophages to protect the heart through type I IFN signaling in mouse models.
scim.ag
January 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Congrats to the team of @reisesousalab.bsky.social for this beautiful work in @natimmunol.nature.com showing that "Neoantigen cross-presentation by cDC1 can determine the immune visibility of the tumor mutational landscape and sculpt cancer evolution by immunoediting"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cross-presentation of dead cell-associated antigens shapes the neoantigenic landscape of tumor immunity - Nature Immunology
Here the authors show DNGR-1 expressed by cDC1s promotes CD8⁺ T cell priming to cytoskeletal neoantigens from dying tumor cells, thereby shaping cancer immune visibility and tumor evolution through im...
www.nature.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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@drjonlim.bsky.social & @reisesousalab.bsky.social show cDC1s & DNGR1 favor "tethered" neoantigens from F-actin proteins, trapping them in necrotic debris for better cross-presentation! Calls for prioritizing these neoantigens for cancer vaccine design #Immunotherapy www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cross-presentation of dead cell-associated antigens shapes the neoantigenic landscape of tumor immunity - Nature Immunology
Here the authors show DNGR-1 expressed by cDC1s promotes CD8⁺ T cell priming to cytoskeletal neoantigens from dying tumor cells, thereby shaping cancer immune visibility and tumor evolution through im...
www.nature.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Sideways lipid presentation by the antigen-presenting molecule CD1c @natcomms.nature.com @monashuniversity.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 2, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Positioning and reversible suppression of CCR7+ dendritic cells in perivascular tumor niches shape cancer immunity @cp-immunity.bsky.social @beatricezitti.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social
www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The French DC society started with a session on intestinal tolerance induction by specialised subset of antigen presenting cells (Thetis Cell aka Tol DCs, aka Rorgt APC...) by @chrysothemisbrown.bsky.social, Rab iUPADHYAY and Helena Paidassi.
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🚨 This Thursday the biennial meeting of the French DCs society at the institut Curie in Paris will start🚨.
Some last seats are available if interested...
Registration and Final Program here: www.cfcd.fr/meeting/prog...
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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IL-10–producing tolerogenic DC dampen B cell responses via T cell inhibition, offering a targeted strategy for specific B cell modulation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Fascinating new study from the B. Reizis group in @natimmunol.nature.com

Tonic type I IFN signaling restrains pDC cytokine production & survival — yet makes them tougher against viruses.
👉 A fine-tuned balance for optimal antiviral immunity

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tonic type I interferon signaling optimizes the antiviral function of plasmacytoid dendritic cells - Nature Immunology
Pucella, Maqueda-Alfaro and colleagues distinguish three developmentally related subsets of mouse plasmacytoid dendritic cells that differ in their ability to produce type I interferon and their susce...
www.nature.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🚨 The early bird registration deadline for the French DC Society meeting has been extended to October 24th, 2025!

Don’t miss the chance — register now!

Registration👇
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Program 👇
www.cfcd.fr/meeting/prog...
October 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM