title: Myeloid suppressor cells in cancer: recruitment, phenotype, properties, and mechanisms of immune suppression.
abstract: Growing tumors acquire the ability to resist immune recognition and immune-mediated injury. Among several mechanisms, mouse and human tumors share the ability to alter the normal hematopoiesis, leading to accumulation of cells of the myelo-monoctytic lineage at the tumor site and in different primary and secondary lymphoid organs. These cells aid tumor development by providing molecules and factors essential for tumor growth and neovascularization but also exert a profound inhibitory activity on both tumor-specific and nonspecific T lymphocytes. The present article summarizes recent findings on the interaction between developing cancers and these recently described "myeloid suppressor cells".
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Borrello
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bronte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001119:Arginase / Q000378:metabolism; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D022423:Myeloid Cells / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C483315:PDF protein, human; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D001119:Arginase