Chapter title |
Targeting Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Cancer
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Chapter number | 8 |
Book title |
Tumor Immune Microenvironment in Cancer Progression and Cancer Therapy
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-67577-0_8 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-967575-6, 978-3-31-967577-0
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Authors |
Waseem Anani, Michael R. Shurin, Anani, Waseem, Shurin, Michael R. |
Abstract |
Myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC) represent only a minor fraction of circulating blood cells but play an important role in tumor formation and progression. They are a heterogeneous group of cells that influence the tumor microenvironment by depletion of amino acids, oxidative stress, decreased trafficking of antitumor effector cells, and increased regulatory T and regulatory dendritic cell responses. Investigational treatment strategies targeting MDSCs have attempted to inhibit MDSC development and expansion (stem cell factor blockade, modulate of cell signaling, and target MDSC migration and recruitment), inhibit MDSC function (nitric oxide inhibition and reactive oxygen and nitrogen species inhibition), differentiate MDSCs into more mature cells (Vitamins A and D, all-trans retinoic acid, interleukin-2, toll-like receptor 9 inhibitors, taxanes, beta-glucan particles, tumor-derived exosome inhibition, and very small size proteoliposomes), and destroy MDSCs (cytotoxic agents, ephrin A2 degradation, anti-interleukin 13, and histamine blockers). To date, there are no Food and Drug Administration approved therapies selectively targeting MDSCs, but such therapies are likely to be implemented in the future, due to the key role of MDSCs in antitumor immunity. |
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