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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

The Role of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCs) in Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD).

Christos Demosthenous, Ioanna Sakellari, Vassiliki Douka, Penelope Georgia Papayanni, Achilles Anagnostopoulos, Eleni Gavriilaki

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Graft-Versus-Host Disease Mouse Models: A Clinical-Translational Perspective.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  14. Acute graft-versus-host disease.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2023
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  18. Graft-versus-Host Disease Modulation by Innate T Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christos DemosthenousHematology Department-BMT Unit, G Papanicolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioanna SakellariHematology Department-BMT Unit, G Papanicolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vassiliki DoukaHematology Department-BMT Unit, G Papanicolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Penelope Georgia PapayanniHematology Department-BMT Unit, G Papanicolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4079-0591
Achilles AnagnostopoulosHematology Department-BMT Unit, G Papanicolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4384-9031
Eleni GavriilakiHematology Department-BMT Unit, G Papanicolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8883-8208
G. Papanikolaou General Hospital · GR

Funding

American Society of Hematology ASH Global Research Award
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMyeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are implicated in the complex interplay involving graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effects and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in hematologic malignancies.

methodsA review of literature through PubMed was undertaken to summarize the published evidence on the pathophysiology and clinical implications of MDSCs in allo-HCT. Literature sources published in English since 1978 were searched, using the terms Natural Suppressor (NS) cells, MDSCs, GVHD, and allo-HCT.

resultsIn vivo studies demonstrated that MDSCs derived from mobilization protocols could strongly suppress allo-responses mediated by T cells and enhance T-Reg activity, thus inhibiting GVHD toxicity. However, the influence of MDSCs on the GVL effect is not fully defined.

conclusionsThe induction or maintenance of MDSC suppressive function would be advantageous in suppressing inflammation associated with GVHD. Pathways involved in MDSC metabolism and the inflammasome signaling are a promising field of study to elucidate the function of MDSCs in the pathogenesis of GVHD and translate these findings to a clinical setting.

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allo-HCTGVHDGVLMDSCsNS cells

Identifiers

PMID34064671
PMCPMC8150814
OpenAlexW3162344349

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