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ReviewJournal of innate immunity2018

Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Infection: A General Overview.

Eva Medina, Dominik Hartl

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Review in Journal of innate immunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Eva MedinaHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Infection Immunology Research Group, Braunschweig, Germanyeva.medina@helmholtz-hzi.de.
Dominik HartlChildren's Hospital, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After initial infection, the immune response that serves to restrict the invading pathogen needs to be tightly calibrated in order to avoid collateral immunopathological damage. This calibration is performed by specialized suppressor mechanisms, which are capable of dampening overwhelming or unremitting inflammation in order to prevent tissue damage. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) are emerging as key players in counter-balancing inflammatory responses and pathogenesis during infection. However, some pathogens are able to exploit the suppressive activities of MDSC to favor pathogen persistence and chronic infections. In this article, we review the current knowledge about the importance of MDSC in the context of bacterial, virus, parasites, and fungal infections.

Indexed as

HomeostasisAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsHumansImmune ToleranceImmunomodulationInfectionsMyeloid-Derived Suppressor CellsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsEo-myeloid-derived suppressor cellsInfectionsMonocytic-myeloid-derived suppressor cellsMyeloid-derived suppressor cellsPMN-myeloid-derived suppressor cells

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PMID29945134
PMCPMC6784037

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