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Meeting Report of the 16th International Langerhans
Cell Workshop: Recent Developments in
Langerhans Cell and Skin Dendritic Cell Biology and
their Therapeutic Application
Björn E. Clausen1, Nikolaus Romani2 and Patrizia Stoitzner2
Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2020) 140, 1315e1319; doi:10.1016/j.jid.2020.02.022

Introduction                                         the fetal tissue, at a time when innate              persist in the epidermis, indicating that
The 16th International Workshop on                   immunity dominates over adaptive im-                 lack of E-cadherin alone does not
Langerhans Cells (LCs) was organized                 munity (Popescu et al., 2019). Florent               trigger LC emigration (Brand et al.,
by Björn E. Clausen with the help of                Ginhoux       (Singapore    Immunology               2020). Using a mouse model, in
Patrizia Stoitzner and Nikolaus Romani               Network, Singapore) gave an overview                 which neoantigen ovalbumin is
in Budenheim near Mainz, Germany.                    on his recent work on tissue niche-                  expressed exclusively in LCs (Strandt
From 3rd through 6th October 2019,                   specific subsets of macrophages,                     et al., 2017), Helen Strandt (University
more than 100 scientists from all over               exemplary in the lung (Chakarov et al.,              of Salzburg, Austria) proved that LCs in
the world presented their cutting-edge               2019). He put forward the notion that                steady state induce tolerance that is
work and technological advances in                   the main function of macrophages may                 able to suppress allergic airway re-
the field of skin immunity with a special            be maintenance of tissue homeostasis                 sponses. Dan Kaplan (University of
focus on LCs and dermal dendritic cells              rather than phagocytosis of bacteria.                Pittsburgh, PA) presented a possible
(DCs). Novel insights into the develop-              Moreover, he extended our perception                 explanation for the longstanding, unre-
ment and homeostasis of LCs and                      of cDC1s in skin bacterial infection                 solved discrepancy in the intensity of
dermal DCs and their respective func-                beyond antigen presentation to the                   contact hypersensitivity (CHS) re-
tional roles in health and disease were              regulation of neutrophil recruitment                 sponses between the various LC-
discussed. Regarding translation into                (Janela et al., 2019) and presented a                depletion mouse models available
the clinic, several therapeutic in-                  novel monocyte fate mapping mouse                    (Clausen and Stoitzner, 2015). Specif-
terventions using DC for the treatment               model on the basis of Ms4a3 expression               ically, long-term depletion of LC by
of skin diseases and cancer were pre-                (Liu et al., 2019). Kristin Seré (RWTH              repeated diphtheria toxin injections in
sented. The workshop gave particularly               Aachen University, Germany) empha-                   Langerin-DTR or constitutively, in
young researchers a great opportunity                sized that LCs undergo mesenchymal-                  Langerin-DTA mice (Kaplan, 2017)
to meet and interact with leading ex-                epithelial transition for long-term resi-            leads to a loss of epidermal sensory
perts in the field of myeloid cell biology           dency in the epidermis (Hieronymus                   afferent nerves. The absence of these
and skin immunology.                                 et al., 2015). Id2 is required for                   nerves results in hyperactive mast cell
                                                     mesenchymal-epithelial transition in                 function. As a consequence, mice with
LC ontogeny or development, skin DC                  LCs, and consequently, lack of Id2                   long-term ablation of LCs or mice spe-
network, and skin homeostasis                        mediates LC emigration from the skin.                cifically lacking just these neurons
Muzlifah Haniffa (Newcastle Univer-                  Further novel insights on LC homeo-                  develop exaggerated irritant dermatitis,
sity, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United                    stasis came from Vincent Flacher (Uni-               CHS, and host defense against Staphy-
Kingdom), a member of the Human                      versity of Strasbourg, France), who                  lococcus aureus. These observations
Cell Atlas consortium (Regev et al.,                 demonstrated that LCs require auto-                  support Florent Ginhoux’s notion that
2017), reported on the perspectives                  phagy for their maintenance in the skin              LCs, which have a common embryonic
and possibilities of mapping human                   and unperturbed lipid metabolism.                    origin with macrophages, contribute to
development at single-cell resolution                Anna Brand (University of Mainz, Ger-                maintain skin homeostasis (see above),
(Behjati et al., 2018). She presented                many) discovered that E-cadherin‒                    in addition to their well-known anti-
single-cell RNA-sequencing data of                   deficient LCs display a dramatically                 gen-presenting DC function. Moreover,
fetal and adult skin and demonstrated                altered morphology with more rounded                 the novel data put forward by the
how the tissue influences marker                     cell bodies as well as less and shorter              Kaplan laboratory extend initial reports
expression on immune cells already in                dendrites. Unexpectedly, these LCs                   that long-term absence of LCs impairs

1
 Institute for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; and 2Department of
Dermatology, Venereology & Allergology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Correspondence: Björn E. Clausen, Institute for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz,
Langenbeckstrasse 1, D-55131 Mainz, Germany. E-mail: bclausen@uni-mainz.de
Accepted manuscript published online 19 March 2020; corrected proof published online 10 May 2020

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      epidermal barrier function (Lee et al.,        including innate lymphoid cells (ILCs),        common cutaneous pathogen that binds
      2019) and alters the gene expression           as emphasized by Tetsuro Kobayashi             to — interestingly only human — lan-
      profile of keratinocytes and dendritic         (RIKEN, Center for Integrative Medical         gerin, leading to activation of LCs as
      epidermal T cells (Su et al., 2020). On        Sciences, Yokohama, Japan). Investi-           recently published by Nina van Sorge
      the other hand, why acute depletion of         gating the various ILC subtypes in the         (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
      LCs in essentially the same mice also          skin, he observed a preferred localiza-        (van Dalen et al., 2019). Moreover, skin
      leads to enhanced CHS responses (Bobr          tion of ILC3s in the epidermis and ILC2s       LCs are activated by Pam3Cys from
      et al., 2010), in contrast to other            in the dermis. ILC3s are recruited to the      S. aureus, promoting a T helper 2 (Th2)
      inducible       LC-depletion       models      epidermis through hair follicles and           response as reported by Yi Pan (Univer-
      (Clausen and Stoitzner, 2015), remains         regulate sebaceous glands and as a             sity of Bonn, Germany). The application
      elusive. Not only is the LC network            consequence, the composition of the            route for S. aureus determines the sub-
      important in homeostasis; the T cells          microbiota (Kobayashi et al., 2019). LCs       sequent immune response as illustrated
      present in the skin are too. Iris Gratz        are also present in the oral mucosa            by Sandrine Henri (Aix Marseille Uni-
      (University of Salzburg, Austria)              where they are even more exposed to            versity, France). While topical applica-
      analyzed the life cycle of tissue-resident     commensals and pathogens. Interest-            tion leads to mild inflammation and
      memory T cells. Using a skin xenograft         ingly, in the tongue, LCs accumulate in        mixed Th1 and/or Th17 responses, in-
      model, she reported that human tissue-         germ-free mice, indicating that they           tradermal injection triggers a Th1
      resident memory T cells can leave skin         might leave the epithelium owing to            response after translocation of bacteria to
      grafts, recirculate in mouse blood, and        contact with commensals as shown by            lymph nodes. Both LCs and cDC1s are
      home to another human skin transplant          Yael Horev (Hebrew University, Jeru-           dispensable for the T-cell response
      (Klicznik et al., 2019). Moreover, tissue-     salem, Israel). Moreover, they are lost        against S. aureus, whereas cDC2s induce
      resident memory T cells are Candida-           during aging due to upregulation of            the Th17 response. A novel Malassezia
      specific, and they proliferate locally in      inflammatory cytokines and chemo-              infection mouse model to investigate the
      response to immunization with                  kines, although the epithelium can be          rapid Th17 response mediated by ab and
      Candida-loaded DCs. Sangbum Park               repopulated by monocytic precursors.           gd T cells as well as ILCs was presented
      (Yale University, New Haven, CT)                  LCs are exposed to multiple patho-          by Florian Sparber (University of Zürich,
      investigated the conspicuous spatial           gens, such as viruses, fungi, and bacteria.    Switzerland) (Sparber et al., 2019).
      organization and homeostasis of im-            As outlined by Teunis Geijtenbeek (Uni-        Nevertheless, the main DC subset
      mune cells in the skin, specifically LCs       versity of Amsterdam, The Netherlands),        inducing these Th17 responses has not
      in the epidermis. By cutting-edge two-         LCs have developed smart ways to elim-         been elucidated yet. Many workshop
      photon live imaging techniques com-            inate viruses. The restriction factor          presentations emphasized the need for
      bined with cell ablation models, he            TRIM5a prevents HIV replication only in        novel infection models, not least for the
      revealed and strikingly visualized a           LCs but not in other DC subtypes as it is      purpose of a desirable reduction in ani-
      mutually repulsive behavior of LCs that        located in the Birbeck granules. This          mal experimentation. Indeed, such a
      ensured their typical network pattern.         elimination process is insufficient for        prototypic model has been established
      The molecular mechanism for this               many of the so-called transmitted              by Doris Wilflingseder (Medical Univer-
      behavior remains to be determined.             founder viruses, that is, those HIV strains    sity of Innsbruck, Austria). It is a human
      Another novel aspect of skin homeo-            that, among a variety of other strains,        three-dimensional lung epithelial cell
      stasis was presented by Shruti Naik            finally enter the patients (Hertoghs et al.,   culture model that can be seeded with
      (New York University, NY), who re-             2019). This underscores the dual function      immune cells to investigate DC- and/or
      ported that inflammation-linked cuta-          of LCs in HIV infection: virus elimination     macrophage-pathogen            interactions
      neous insults instruct tissue cells, such      and virus transmission to CD4 T cells.         ex vivo (Chandorkar et al., 2017).
      as keratinocytes, to retain open chro-         Interestingly, during experimental coin-          Regarding HIV treatment, Sylvain
      matin areas where genes for tissue             fection with the bacterium Prevotella,         Cardinaud (Vaccine Research Insti-
      regeneration, cancer, and apoptosis are        occurring in the vaginal microbiota dur-       tute, Créteil, France) has developed an
      located (Naik et al., 2017). Thus, this        ing bacterial vaginosis, LCs take up HIV       LC-based immunotherapy with anti-
      “inflammatory memory” can be bene-             but do not eliminate but rather store it       langerin antibody conjugated to HIV
      ficial because tissue regeneration and         intracellularly for subsequent trans-          envelope antigen that was tested in
      healing occur faster, but it can also          mission to other immune cells. Leanne          human Langerin-DTR mice and non-
      harm the skin because after resolution         Helgers from the same working group            human primates (macaques). Without
      of inflammation, subsequent chemical           reported that Dengue virus infects LCs         addition of adjuvant, a strong activa-
      carcinogenesis is accelerated.                 and can be transmitted to other DCs,           tion of T follicular helper cells and
                                                     partly mediated by langerin. Yonatan           antibodies specific for HIV-1 could be
      Microbiota and pathogen interactions           Ganor (Cochin Institute, Centre National       detected. In contrast, no cytotoxic T-
      with skin and mucosal DCs                      De La Recherche Scientifique, Paris,           cell response could be measured. This
      LCs are located in the outmost layer of        France) unraveled a role for capsaicin,        sheds new light on a possible role of
      the skin and thus have access to mi-           the spicy ingredient in chili peppers that     LCs in the humoral response (Bouteau
      croorganisms on the skin surface or            stimulates cutaneous nociceptors to            et al., 2019).
      during infection. Several other immune         secrete CGRP, which in turn inhibits              In summary, workshop contributions
      cell types are also present in the skin,       infection of LCs by HIV-1. S. aureus is a      emphasized that the understanding of

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commensal and/or pathogen in-                 reported that tertiary lymphoid struc-       myeloid precursors recapitulates an LC
teractions with LCs and other skin DCs        tures, originally detected in inflamma-      histiocytosis-like phenotype in mice,
is crucial to develop future strategies for   tory experimental settings (“iSALT”)         and MAPK inhibitors are now clinically
immunization and therapy. LCs interact        (Natsuaki and Kabashima, 2016), also         used for treatment (reviewed in Allen
with multiple pathogens with very             develop in the upper dermis of human         et al., 2018). Cells in LC histiocytosis
diverse, context-dependent immuno-            atopic dermatitis and psoriatic skin. The    lesions express langerin and CD1a and
logic outcomes; however, Th17 re-             high endothelial venules in these            develop from different cell types, pri-
sponses seem to be crucial for clearing       structures are surrounded by DCs and         marily CD1cþ myeloid DCs, but
bacterial and fungal infections. Novel        recruit memory T cells. In systemic          possibly also from CD14þ cells (Lim
three-dimensional epithelium models           lupus erythematosus-affected skin,           et al., 2020). The functional role of
will help to further elucidate the close      Theresa Lu (Hospital for Special Sur-        skin DC in tumor immunity was dis-
interactions between (human) immune           gery, New York, NY) investigated the         cussed by Tanja de Gruijl (University
cells and pathogens in the tissue.            reasons for the higher photosensitivity.     Medical Center Amsterdam, The
                                              LCs protect UVR-damaged keratino-            Netherlands). Owing to the recruitment
LCs and/or DCs in the pathogenesis            cytes from apoptosis by providing EGFR       of suppressive CD14þ macrophage-like
and regulation of inflammatory skin           ligands and in systemic lupus erythe-        cells, melanoma tumors exert an early
diseases                                      matosus this function is impaired            negative effect on anti-tumor immunity
LCs and dermal DCs also play crucial          causing photosensitivity (Shipman            in the sentinel lymph nodes that can be
roles in various inflammatory skin dis-       et al., 2018). Further dissecting the        overcome by intratumoral injection of
eases, such as CHS, psoriasis, and sys-       mechanisms of LC-induced immuno-             the TLR9 ligand CpG, leading to pro-
temic lupus erythematosus. Michel             suppression, Karin Loser (University of      longed recurrence-free survival (van
Gilliet (University Hospital, Lausanne,       Münster, Germany) observed that in a        den Hout et al., 2017; Koster et al.,
Switzerland) highlighted the impor-           murine UV-irradiation model, LCs             2017). Thus, TLR ligation could be an
tance of plasmacytoid DCs, which are          upregulate      PD-L1,       and     aryl-   alternative approach to checkpoint
recruited to inflamed skin through the        hydrocarbon receptor leading to their        blockade therapy in an early adjuvant
neutrophil-produced           chemokine       migration to lymph nodes where they          setting. Avi-Hai Hovav (Hebrew Uni-
CXCL10 (IP-10) during psoriasis               induce Tregs. Sayuri Yamazaki (Nagoya        versity, Jerusalem, Israel) described LCs
(Conrad and Gilliet, 2018). He pre-           City University, Nagoya, Japan) re-          in the tongue epithelium (Hovav, 2018)
sented a novel feature of this chemo-         ported that Tregs are expanded in UV-        and reported that they play an essential
kine as it binds directly to DNA, thus        exposed skin by langerine CD11bþ             role in inhibiting oral squamous cell
forming CXCL10-DNA complexes that             dermal DC subsets (Yamazaki et al.,          carcinoma in a chemical carcinogen-
trigger the pathogenic type-1 IFN             2018) and that the UV-expanded Tregs         esis model as has been reported before
response. I-hsin Su (Nanyang Techno-          play a key role in skin homeostasis. The     in the skin (Ortner et al., 2017). A
logical University, Singapore) reported       expression of CD5 in subsets of human        continuous decline of LCs in the tongue
that the essential integrin adaptor talin1    DCs and/or LCs indicates that these          of aged mice could be a reason for the
was required for the formation of novel       cells are superior in CTL, Th1, and Th22     higher susceptibility to carcinogenesis
preassembled TLR complexes in DC at           induction and higher numbers of CD5þ         in elderly individuals.
steady state through direct interaction       LCs and dermal DCs are present in               With regard to DC-based therapeutic
with MyD88 and PIP5K, which were              psoriatic lesions as shown by Eynav          strategies, James Young (Memorial
required for the MyD88-dependent toll-        Klechevsky (Washington University            Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New
like receptor signalosome assembly            School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO)           York, NY) reported that most patients in
during DC activation in CHS and anti-         (Korenfeld et al., 2017). BMP7, a new        a previously published clinical study
bacterial responses (Lim et al., 2020).       player in psoriasis, was reported by         using human CD34þ-derived LCs
Karsten Mahnke (University of Heidel-         Tommaso Sconocchia (Medical Uni-             transfected with mRNA encoding mu-
berg, Germany) stressed the decisive          versity of Graz, Austria) to be expressed    rine TRP2, many of whom had received
role of adenosine, produced by DCs            by keratinocytes. Known to be a growth       additional interventions like checkpoint
and/or LCs through surface CD73, for          factor that is important for human LC        inhibitors, were still alive and
the     generation     of    hyporeactive     differentiation (Borek et al., 2020),        exceeding expected outcomes with
(tolerant) T cells during CHS (Silva-         BMP7 may thus contribute to psoriatic        either modality alone. This highlights
Vilches et al., 2019). Kenji Kabashima        inflammation.                                the continued relevance of LCs as im-
(Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan) char-                                                     munogens for cancer immunotherapy
acterized the skin T-cell pool in more        Skin DCs in cancer and DCs-based             (Chung et al., 2017). Similarly, prom-
detail and revealed that, intriguingly, it    therapeutic strategies                       ising results are being observed in an
contains up to 30% regulatory T cells         Carl Allen (Texas Children’s Cancer          ongoing study of patients with myeloma
(Tregs), which can recirculate through        Center, Houston, TX) reported on the         treated with LC electroporated with
the lymph nodes and suppress CHS.             latest developments in understanding         mRNAs encoding three myeloma anti-
These Tregs produce IL-10 that blocks         the pathogenesis of LC histiocytosis.        gens. Still, in vitro generated LCs or
DC migration, and their depletion from        BRAFV600E or other activating somatic        dermal DCs are not entirely over-
the skin improves CD8þ T-cell and hu-         MAPK mutations are detected in almost        lapping with their counterparts in situ,
moral responses. Furthermore, he              all cases. MAPK hyperactivation in           as determined by CyTOF and single-

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      cell RNA-sequencing. Anastasia Pro-            immunotherapy at a large scale. With                  Borek I, Köffel R, Feichtinger J, Spies M, Glitzner-
                                                                                                             Zeis E, Hochgerner M, et al. BMP7 aberrantly
      kopi (Medical University of Innsbruck,         new mouse models, new sorting stra-
                                                                                                             induced in the psoriatic epidermis instructs
      Austria) discussed a spontaneous mel-          tegies for the various skin DC subsets,                 inflammation-associated Langerhans cells.
      anoma mouse model with a specific              new analytic tools for the analysis of                  J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020;145:1194e1207.
      loss of skin cDC2s in tumors that could        minute-cell populations and even sin-                   e11.
      be overcome by treatment with Flt3L            gle cells, and most importantly, with                 Bouteau A, Kervevan J, Su Q, Zurawski SM,
                                                                                                             Contreras V, Dereuddre-Bosquet N, et al. DC
      and a DC-activating adjuvant. In com-          more studies on human cells and with                    subsets regulate humoral immune responses by
      bination with checkpoint blockade an-          human diseases and patients, we will                    supporting the differentiation of distinct Tfh
      tibodies, T-cell function in tumors and        be able to illuminate these remaining                   cells. Front Immunol 2019;10:1134.
      draining lymph nodes could be boos-            mysteries in the future. Ultimately, this             Brand A, Diener N, Zahner SP, Tripp C,
                                                                                                             Backer RA, Karram K, et al. E-cadherin is
      ted. An alternative approach developed         will benefit medicine and thus industry                 dispensable to maintain Langerhans cells in the
      by Christoph Rademacher’s laboratory           as well as society.                                     epidermis. J Invest Dermatol 2020;140:
      (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and            The 17th International Workshop on                    132e42.e3.
      Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany) uses a           Langerhans Cells, organized by Avi-Hai                Chakarov S, Lim HY, Tan L, Lim SY, See P, Lum J,
      glycomimetic langerin ligand conju-            Hovav (Jerusalem) and Eynav Klechev-                    et al. Two distinct interstitial macrophage
                                                                                                             populations coexist across tissues in specific
      gated to liposomes that can carry any          sky (St. Louis) with the help of Yonatan
                                                                                                             subtissular  niches.    Science     2019;363:
      drug or antigen (Wamhoff et al., 2019).        Ganor (Paris), will take place in the fall              eaau0964.
      These langerin-liposomes are specif-           of 2021 in Jerusalem, Israel. (www.lc2                Chandorkar P, Posch W, Zaderer V, Blatzer M,
      ically incorporated into LCs and repre-        021.org)                                                Steger M, Ammann CG, et al. Fast-track devel-
      sent a promising novel approach for                                                                    opment of an in vitro 3D lung/immune cell
                                                     ORCIDs                                                  model to study Aspergillus infections. Sci Rep
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      eases or cancer. Besides this, exploiting      Björn   E.   Clausen:       http://orcid.org/0000-
                                                     0002-2484-7842                                        Chung DJ, Carvajal RD, Postow MA, Sharma S,
      these liposomes, cytostatic drugs could                                                                Pronschinske KB, Shyer JA, et al. Langerhans-
                                                     Nikolaus     Romani:         http://orcid.org/0000-
      be specifically delivered to LC histio-        0003-1614-9128                                          type dendritic cells electroporated with TRP-2
      cytosis lesions to destroy proliferating       Patrizia    Stoitzner:       http://orcid.org/0000-     mRNA stimulate cellular immunity against
                                                     0002-8488-6704                                          melanoma: results of a phase I vaccine trial.
      tumor cells. The question about the best                                                               Oncoimmunology 2017;7:e1372081.
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                                                     Conflict of Interest
      addressed by Juliana Idoyaga (Stanford         The authors state no conflict of interest.              of skin dendritic cell subsets in regulating T cell
      University School of Medicine, Stan-                                                                   responses. Front Immunol 2015;6:534.
      ford, CA). As a rational basis, she pre-       ACKNOWLEDGMENTS                                       Conrad C, Gilliet M. Psoriasis: from pathogenesis
                                                     The authors apologize to all colleagues whose           to targeted therapies. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol
      sented a detailed CyTOF analysis of
                                                     valuable contributions have not been mentioned          2018;54:102e13.
      DCs and defined a subset of transitional       owing to space constraints. The authors would like    Hertoghs N, Nijmeijer BM, van Teijlingen NH,
      DCs (Axlþ DCs) in humans and mice              to emphasize that all presentations were of great       Fenton-May AE, Kaptein TM, van Hamme JL,
      (Leylek et al., 2019). As a novel twist of     interest and high quality and therefore signifi-        et al. Sexually transmitted founder HIV-1 vi-
                                                     cantly contributed to the success of the workshop.      ruses are relatively resistant to Langerhans cell-
      targeting strategies, not only antigens        The authors are grateful for the generous support       mediated restriction. PLoS One 2019;14:
      but also adjuvants are being coupled to        from the German Science Foundation (Deutsche            e0226651.
      DC-specific antibodies (e.g., DEC205).         Forschungsgemeinschaft, CL 419/6-1), without
                                                     which LC2019 would not have been possible, as         Hieronymus T, Zenke M, Baek JH, Seré K. The
      Indeed, double-stranded DNA linked to                                                                  clash of Langerhans cell homeostasis in skin:
                                                     well as the European Federation of Immunological
      anti-DEC205 boosted tumor immunity             Societies (EFIS) and European Journal of Immu-          should I stay or should I go? Semin Cell Dev
      in a mouse model.                              nology (EJI), which was essential to enable, in         Biol 2015;41:30e8.
                                                     particular, young scientists to attend. The authors   Hovav AH. Mucosal and skin Langerhans cells -
                                                     also thank all partners from industry who finan-         nurture calls. Trends Immunol 2018;39:
      Conclusion
                                                     cially supported the workshop and presented their        788e800.
      The presence of more than 100 scien-           latest products and state-of-the-art equipment.       Janela B, Patel AA, Lau MC, Goh CC, Msallam R,
      tists from all over the world working on       They thereby helped substantially to make atten-         Kong WT, et al. A subset of type I conventional
      various aspects of LC and DC biology           dance affordable for many students and residents.        dendritic cells controls cutaneous bacterial in-
                                                     For the full list of sponsors please see www.lc201       fections through VEGFa-mediated recruitment of
      made LC2019 a very exciting meeting.           9.de.                                                    neutrophils. Immunity 2019;50:1069e83.e8.
      The functions of LCs in the skin im-
                                                                                                           Kaplan DH. Ontogeny and function of murine
      mune system in vivo seem to be mani-           Author Contributions                                    epidermal Langerhans cells. Nat Immunol
      fold. Clearly, they are involved in            All authors equally contributed to the conceptu-        2017;18:1068e75.
                                                     alization and writing of this Meeting Report.
      immune responses against pathogens                                                                   Klicznik MM, Morawski PA, Höllbacher B,
      and skin tumors, but also perform a                                                                     Varkhande SR, Motley SJ, Kuri-Cervantes L,
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