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ReviewCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2019

Deciphering myeloid-derived suppressor cells: isolation and markers in humans, mice and non-human primates.

Luca Cassetta, Espen S Baekkevold, Sven Brandau, Anna Bujko, Marco A Cassatella, Anca Dorhoi, Carsten Krieg, Ang Lin, Karin Loré, Olivia Marini and 5 more

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Review in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
139citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

139 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 232 citations in OpenAlex.

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79 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

15 authors at 10 institutions in 8 countries.

Luca CassettaMRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ, Edinburgh, UK. Luca.cassetta@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7913-935X
Espen S BaekkevoldCentre for Immune Regulation, Department of Pathology, University of Oslo, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Sven BrandauWest German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Anna BujkoCentre for Immune Regulation, Department of Pathology, University of Oslo, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Marco A CassatellaDivision of General Pathology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Anca DorhoiFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany.
Carsten KriegDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA.
Ang LinDepartment of Medicine Solna, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karin LoréDepartment of Medicine Solna, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Olivia MariniDivision of General Pathology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Jeffrey W PollardMRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ, Edinburgh, UK.
Mikael RousselCentre Hospitalier Universitaire, Pôle Biologie, INSERM, UMR U1236, Université Rennes 1, EFS Bretagne, Rennes, France.
Patrizia ScapiniDivision of General Pathology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Viktor UmanskySkin Cancer Unit, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Gosse J AdemaRadiotherapy and OncoImmunology Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Gosse.Adema@RadboudUmc.nl.
University of Verona · ITKarolinska Institutet · SEMRC Centre for Reproductive Health · GBOslo University Hospital · NOFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEInserm · FRMedical University of South Carolina · USRadboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversity of Duisburg-Essen · DE

Funding

European Cooperation in Science and Technology BM1404Medical Research Council G1002033Medical Research Council MR/N022556/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In cancer, infection and inflammation, the immune system's function can be dysregulated. Instead of fighting disease, immune cells may increase pathology and suppress host-protective immune responses. Myeloid cells show high plasticity and adapt to changing conditions and pathological challenges. Despite their relevance in disease pathophysiology, the identity, heterogeneity and biology of myeloid cells is still poorly understood. We will focus on phenotypical and functional markers of one of the key myeloid regulatory subtypes, the myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC), in humans, mice and non-human primates. Technical issues regarding the isolation of the cells from tissues and blood, timing and sample handling of MDSC will be detailed. Localization of MDSC in a tissue context is of crucial importance and immunohistochemistry approaches for this purpose are discussed. A minimal antibody panel for MDSC research is provided as part of the Mye-EUNITER COST action. Strategies for the identification of additional markers applying state of the art technologies such as mass cytometry will be highlighted. Such marker sets can be used to study MDSC phenotypes across tissues, diseases as well as species and will be crucial to accelerate MDSC research in health and disease.

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AnimalsBiomarkersCell SeparationHumansImmunophenotypingMiceMyeloid-Derived Suppressor CellsNeutrophilsPrimatesBiomarkersHumanMouseMye-EUNITERMyeloid-derived suppressor cellsNon-human primates

Identifiers

PMID30684003
PMCPMC6447515
OpenAlexW2913153613

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