CD8A and viral infectious disease: Major DC subsets in tumors and tumor-draining lymph nodes can include: (1) plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) that produce type I IFN in response to viral infection; (2) cDC1s that cross-present MHC-I epitopes to CD8 T cells; and (3) cDC2s that mediate priming of CD4 T cells via MHC-II.25 We hypothesized that increasing DC abundance at the intracerebral site might restore antitumor immunity.