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ReviewImmunological reviews2008

Arginine regulation by myeloid derived suppressor cells and tolerance in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives.

Paulo C Rodríguez, Augusto C Ochoa

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 399 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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399citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

399 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 692 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells in sepsis: drivers of persistent immunosuppression and targets for precision immunotherapy.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paulo C RodríguezDepartment of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Augusto C Ochoa
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · US

Funding

TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT AND B CELL LYMPHOMASP20RR021970 · NCRR · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI ESTRADA, JOHN J. · 2005 to 2011
$14.1M
Arginase Production in Cancer: Evading Immune ResponseR01CA107974 · NCI · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI OCHOA, AUGUSTO C. · 2004 to 2015
$3.6M
INDUCTION OF ANERGY AND ALTERED SIGNAL TRANSDUCTIONR01CA082689 · NCI · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI OCHOA, AUGUSTO C. · 1999 to 2013
$3.1M
NCI NIH HHS 5R01CA082689NCI NIH HHS 5R01CA107974NCI NIH HHS R01 CA082689NCI NIH HHS R01 CA107974NCRR NIH HHS 5P20RR021970NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR021970
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with cancer have an impaired T-cell response that can decrease the potential therapeutic benefit of cancer vaccines and other forms of immunotherapy. L-arginine (L-Arg) is a conditionally essential amino acid that is fundamental for the function of T lymphocytes. Recent findings in tumor-bearing mice and cancer patients indicate that increased metabolism of L-Arg by myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) producing arginase I inhibits T-lymphocyte responses. Here we discuss some of the most recent concepts how MDSC expressing arginase I may regulate T-cell function in cancer and other chronic inflammatory diseases and suggest possible therapeutic interventions to overcome this inhibitory effect.

Indexed as

Immune ToleranceTumor EscapeAnimalsArginaseArginineCD3 ComplexEnzyme InductionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmunotherapyMiceModels, ImmunologicalMyeloid CellsNeoplasmsSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesArginaseArginineCD3 antigen, zeta chainCD3 Complex

Identifiers

PMID18364002
PMCPMC3546504
OpenAlexW2077508806

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