This document summarizes the role of dendritic cells (DCs) in renal transplant rejection. It discusses how DCs from the donor that migrate to recipient secondary lymphoid organs after transplant present donor major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules to recipient T cells via direct and indirect pathways. It also describes how recipient DCs can present donor alloantigens via the indirect pathway. Finally, it mentions that regulatory DCs (DCregs) from the donor that are resistant to maturation can prolong cardiac allograft survival in mice when administered before transplant.