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ReviewCancer research2013

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells as osteoclast progenitors: a novel target for controlling osteolytic bone metastasis.

Anandi Sawant, Selvarangan Ponnazhagan

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Review in Cancer research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Mechanisms of breast cancer dormancy in bone metastasis.Clinical & experimental metastasis · 2026
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  10. Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) blockade regulates skeletal remodeling in a sex- and age-dependent manner.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2025
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  16. Innate Immunity and Synovitis: Key Players in Osteoarthritis Progression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  19. Immune mediated support of metastasis: Implication for bone invasion.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2024
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anandi SawantDepartment of Pathology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

ROS Modulation of Innate and Adaptive Immunity in RAP30AR048311 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI MOUNTZ, JOHN D · 2001 to 2017
$9.5M
UAB Core Center for Musculoskeletal DisordersP30AR046031 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI PONNAZHAGAN, SELVARANGAN · 2001 to 2010
$5.6M
Targeted Stem Cell Therapy Coupling Angiogenesis and Osteogenesis for Bone DefectR01AR060948 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI PONNAZHAGAN, SELVARANGAN · 2011 to 2016
$1.6M
rAAV vaccine vectorR01CA132077 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI PONNAZHAGAN, SELVARANGAN · 2008 to 2012
$1.5M
Gene-Engineered and Targeted Stem Cell Therapy for MyelomaR01CA133737 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI PONNAZHAGAN, SELVARANGAN · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
AAV-Mediated Gene Therapy for Metabolic Bone DiseaseR01AR050251 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI PONNAZHAGAN, SELVARANGAN · 2005 to 2009
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS CA132077NCI NIH HHS CA133737NCI NIH HHS R01 CA132077NCI NIH HHS R01 CA133737NIAMS NIH HHS AR050251NIAMS NIH HHS AR560948NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR046031NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR048311NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR48311NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR050251NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR060948
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune cells and their secreted growth factors play major roles in tumor growth and metastasis. Interplay between the growing tumor and infiltrating immune cells determines the nature of immune response and ultimately, tumor fate. Increased infiltration of protumorigenic immune cells promotes tumor growth as well as dissemination to distant sites. These cells induce immunosuppression that inhibits proliferation and functions of cells of antitumor immune response. One population of immunosuppressive cells that is increasingly gaining attention is myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC). MDSCs are immature myeloid progenitors that suppress T-cell effector functions and promote angiogenesis. MDSC numbers are elevated at both the primary tumor and metastatic sites, including bone. In addition to immunosuppressive functions of MDSCs, we and others have recently discovered a novel function for MDSCs as osteoclast progenitors. Osteolysis is a common complication in the carcinomas of breast, lung, prostate, and multiple myeloma with poor prognosis. Therefore, targeting the functions of MDSCs may exert dual therapeutic effects on immunosuppression and bone pathology. Cancer Res; 73(15); 4606-10. ©2013 AACR.

Indexed as

AnimalsBone NeoplasmsHumansImmune ToleranceMyeloid CellsOsteoclastsStem Cells

Identifiers

PMID23887974
PMCPMC3732563
OpenAlexW2121900102

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