Myeloid-derived suppressor cells as immunosuppressive regulators and therapeutic targets in cancer

K Li, H Shi, B Zhang, X Ou, Q Ma, Y Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a heterogenic population of immature
myeloid cells with immunosuppressive effects, which undergo massive expansion during …

Molecular heterogeneity and immunosuppressive microenvironment in glioblastoma

S DeCordova, A Shastri, AG Tsolaki, H Yasmin… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive primary brain tumor in adults, with a poor
prognosis, despite surgical resection combined with radio-and chemotherapy. The major …

STING agonist-loaded, CD47/PD-L1-targeting nanoparticles potentiate antitumor immunity and radiotherapy for glioblastoma

P Zhang, A Rashidi, J Zhao, C Silvers, H Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
As a key component of the standard of care for glioblastoma, radiotherapy induces several
immune resistance mechanisms, such as upregulation of CD47 and PD-L1. Here …

Immune suppression in gliomas

MM Grabowski, EW Sankey, KJ Ryan… - Journal of neuro …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction The overall survival in patients with gliomas has not significantly increased in
the modern era, despite advances such as immunotherapy. This is in part due to their …

Understanding the glioblastoma immune microenvironment as basis for the development of new immunotherapeutic strategies

AR Pombo Antunes, I Scheyltjens, J Duerinck, B Neyns… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Cancer immunotherapy by immune checkpoint blockade has proven its great potential by
saving the lives of a proportion of late stage patients with immunogenic tumor types …

CCR2 inhibition reduces tumor myeloid cells and unmasks a checkpoint inhibitor effect to slow progression of resistant murine gliomas

JA Flores-Toro, D Luo, A Gopinath… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Immunotherapy directed at the PD-L1/PD-1 axis has produced treatment advances in
various human cancers. Unfortunately, progress has not extended to glioblastoma (GBM) …

Myeloid-derived suppressor cell subsets drive glioblastoma growth in a sex-specific manner

D Bayik, Y Zhou, C Park, C Hong, D Vail, DJ Silver… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) that block antitumor immunity are elevated in
glioblastoma (GBM) patient blood and tumors. However, the distinct contributions of …

Myeloid cells in glioblastoma microenvironment

A De Leo, A Ugolini, F Veglia - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive, malignant primary brain tumor in adults. GBM is
notoriously resistant to immunotherapy mainly due to its unique immune microenvironment …

Mass cytometry detects H3. 3K27M-specific vaccine responses in diffuse midline glioma

S Mueller, JM Taitt… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Patients with diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs), including diffuse intrinsic
pontine glioma (DIPG), have dismal outcomes. We previously described the H3. 3K27M …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals immunosuppressive myeloid cell diversity during malignant progression in a murine model of glioma

S Rajendran, Y Hu, A Canella, C Peterson, A Gross… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Recent studies have shown the importance of the dynamic tumor microenvironment (TME) in
high-grade gliomas (HGGs). In particular, myeloid cells are known to mediate …