MPPE1 and cancer: Although intratumoral cDC1 have not been investigated in humans in as much detail as in mice, cDC1 abundance in human melanoma correlates with T cell infiltration and the ratio of cDC1-selective transcripts over macrophage-restricted transcripts can be used as a prognostic marker for cancer patient survival (Broz et al., 2014, Spranger et al., 2017).