Skin Cancer Unit, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Front Immunol. 2018 Mar 2;9:398. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00398. eCollection 2018.
The immune system has many sophisticated mechanisms to balance an extensive immune response. Distinct immunosuppressive cells could protect from excessive tissue damage and autoimmune disorders. Tumor cells take an advantage of those immunosuppressive mechanisms and establish a strongly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), which inhibits antitumor immune responses, supporting the disease progression. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) play a crucial role in this immunosuppressive TME. Those cells represent a heterogeneous population of immature myeloid cells with a strong immunosuppressive potential. They inhibit an antitumor reactivity of T cells and NK cells. Furthermore, they promote angiogenesis, establish pre-metastatic niches, and recruit other immunosuppressive cells such as regulatory T cells. Accumulating evidences demonstrated that the enrichment and activation of MDSC correlated with tumor progression, recurrence, and negative clinical outcome. In the last few years, various preclinical studies and clinical trials targeting MDSC showed promising results. In this review, we discuss different therapeutic approaches on MDSC targeting to overcome immunosuppressive TME and enhance the efficiency of current tumor immunotherapies.
免疫系统有许多复杂的机制来平衡广泛的免疫反应。不同的免疫抑制细胞可以防止过度的组织损伤和自身免疫性疾病。肿瘤细胞利用这些免疫抑制机制,建立了一个强烈的免疫抑制肿瘤微环境(TME),抑制抗肿瘤免疫反应,支持疾病进展。髓系来源的抑制细胞(MDSC)在这个免疫抑制的 TME 中起着至关重要的作用。这些细胞代表了一群具有强大免疫抑制潜力的不成熟髓系细胞的异质性群体。它们抑制 T 细胞和 NK 细胞的抗肿瘤反应。此外,它们还促进血管生成,建立前转移龛,并招募其他免疫抑制细胞,如调节性 T 细胞。越来越多的证据表明,MDSC 的富集和激活与肿瘤的进展、复发和不良的临床结局相关。在过去的几年里,针对 MDSC 的各种临床前研究和临床试验显示出了有希望的结果。在这篇综述中,我们讨论了针对 MDSC 的不同治疗方法,以克服免疫抑制的 TME 并提高当前肿瘤免疫疗法的效率。
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