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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 182, Issue 8, Pages 4499-4506Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802740
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- National Institutes of Health [R01CA115880, R01CA84232]
- Cure Foundation
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Many cancer immunotherapies developed in experimental animals have been tested in clinical trials. Although some have shown modest clinical effects, most have not been effective. Recent studies have identified myeloid-origin cells that are potent suppressors of tumor immunity and therefore a significant impediment to cancer immunotherapy. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) accumulate in the blood, lymph nodes, and bone marrow and at tumor sites in most patients and experimental animals with cancer and inhibit both adaptive and innate immunity. MDSC are induced by tumor-secreted and host-secreted factors, many of which are proinflammatory molecules. The induction of MDSC by proinflammatory mediators led to the hypothesis that inflammation promotes the accumulation of MDSC that down-regulate immune surveillance and antitumor immunity, thereby facilitating tumor growth. This article reviews the characterization and suppressive mechanisms used by MDSC to block tumor immunity and describes the mechanisms by which inflammation promotes tumor progression through the induction of MDSC. The Journal of Immunology, 2009, 182: 4499-4506.
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