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ReviewJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2018

Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells: Immune-Suppressive Cells That Impair Antitumor Immunity and Are Sculpted by Their Environment.

Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, Catherine Fenselau

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Review in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 335 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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335citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

335 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Role of Neutrophils on the Ocular Surface.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  8. Sex-Biased Immunity: The Hidden Variable in Immuno-oncology.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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  11. Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Inflammatory Arthritis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  17. Population Analysis and Immunologic Landscape of Melanoma in People Living with HIV.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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275 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.

Suzanne Ostrand-RosenbergDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250; and srosenbe@umbc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2095-9732
Catherine FenselauDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.

Funding

Ubiquitinated Proteins in Exosomes of Immune Suppressive Myeloid CellsR01GM021248 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI FENSELAU, CATHERINE C, FUSHMAN, DAVID · 1985 to 2017
$4.6M
Cell-based tumor vaccines targeting CD4+ T lymphocytesR01CA084232 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY · PI OSTRAND-ROSENBERG, SUZANNE · 2000 to 2011
$2.6M
Tumor-Induced immune suppressionR01CA115880 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY · PI OSTRAND-ROSENBERG, SUZANNE · 2006 to 2010
$1.3M
Orbitrap Fusion Tribrid Mass SpectrometerS10OD019938 · OD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI FENSELAU, CATHERINE C · 2015 to 2015
$600k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA084232NCI NIH HHS R01 CA115880NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM021248NIH HHS S10 OD019938
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) are a diverse population of immature myeloid cells that have potent immune-suppressive activity. Studies in both mice and humans have demonstrated that MDSC accumulate in most individuals with cancer, where they promote tumor progression, inhibit antitumor immunity, and are an obstacle to many cancer immunotherapies. As a result, there has been intense interest in understanding the mechanisms and in situ conditions that regulate and sustain MDSC, and the mechanisms MDSC use to promote tumor progression. This article reviews the characterization of MDSC and how they are distinguished from neutrophils, describes the suppressive mechanisms used by MDSC to mediate their effects, and explains the role of proinflammatory mediators and the tumor microenvironment in driving MDSC accumulation, suppressive potency, and survival.

Indexed as

ImmunomodulationAnimalsCytokinesDisease ProgressionHumansInflammation MediatorsMyeloid-Derived Suppressor CellsNeoplasmsPhenotypeTumor MicroenvironmentCytokinesInflammation Mediators

Identifiers

PMID29311384
PMCPMC5765878

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