When adoptively transferring sorted CD45.2+ B220− CD11c+ Sirpαint CellTrace+ bone marrow pre-cDC precursors28 in 3LL-R tumour-bearing CD45.1+ recipient mice, only Ly6Clo CD64lo CD24+ CD11blo and Ly6Clo CD64lo CD24int-lo CD11b+ cells could be retrieved from tumours after 72 h (Fig. 1b). This evidence concerns the gene CD24 and neoplasm.