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Recommendations for myeloid-derived suppressor cell nomenclature and characterization standards

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Bronte, Vincenzo, Brandau, Sven, Chen, Shu-Hsia, Colombo, Mario P., Frey, Alan B., Greten, Tim F., Mandruzzato, Susanna, Murray, Peter J. +7 more·2016·Nature Communications

Abstract

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) have emerged as major regulators of immune responses in cancer and other pathological conditions. In recent years, ample evidence supports key contributions of MDSC to tumour progression through both immune-mediated mechanisms and those not directly associated with immune suppression. MDSC are the subject of intensive research with >500 papers published in 2015 alone. However, the phenotypic, morphological and functional heterogeneity of these cells generates confusion in investigation and analysis of their roles in inflammatory responses. The purpose of this communication is to suggest characterization standards in the burgeoning field of MDSC research.

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  • Myeloid subsets include macrophages (CD163, CD68) and MDSCs (S100A8, S100A9, TREM1).

    “clusters high in the monocyte marker CD14, which were further re-clustered into macrophages (CD163, CD68) and MDSCs (S100A8, S100A9, TREM1).”

    From Multimodal Analysis of Composition and Spatial Architecture in Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma (2020) · cites this paper as Bronte et al., 2016

    In “MDSC versus tumour-associated macrophages and neutrophils” (page unavailable), the paper identifies CD68 and CD163 as human macrophage-specific markers and contrasts macrophages’ low or absent S100A9 with tumour M-MDSCs. “Phenotypic markers to define MDSC” also discusses CD33 with S100A9 as a suggested, but not definitive, MDSC marker combination. The passages do not support S100A8 or TREM1 as MDSC markers, or establish that the cited marker list alone identifies MDSCs. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Myeloid subsets include CD1C DCs, CLEC9A cells, Langerhans cells, AS DCs, plasmacytoid DCs, and migrating DCs.

    “The remaining subsets were re-clustered into CD1C DCs (CD1C, CLEC10A), CLEC9A cells (CLEC9A, CADM1, XCR1), Langerhans cells (CD207, CD1A, S100B), AS DCs (AXL, IGFBP5, PPP1R14A), plasmacytoid DCs (CLEC4C, IL3RA), and migrating DCs (CCR7, CCL19) (Bronte et al., 2016, Kiss et al., 2018, Villani et al., 2017).”

    From Multimodal Analysis of Composition and Spatial Architecture in Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma (2020) · cites this paper as Bronte et al., 2016

    The Definition of MDSC and Phenotypic markers to define MDSC sections describe suppressor-cell subsets, not the six dendritic-cell clusters or their marker combinations in the citing sentence. Searches for the cluster names and distinctive markers, including CLEC9A and AXL/IGFBP5/PPP1R14A, found no passage addressing that classification. The cited paper therefore cannot verify this part of the multi-citation sentence. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Bronte, V., Brandau, S., Chen, S.-H., Colombo, M. P., Frey, A. B., Greten, T. F., Mandruzzato, S., Murray, P. J., Ochoa, A., Ostrand-Rosenberg, S., Rodriguez, P. C., Sica, A., Umansky, V., Vonderheide, R. H., & Gabrilovich, D. I.
Affiliations
  • University of Verona (IT)
  • Essen University Hospital (DE)
  • Tisch Cancer Institute (US)
  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (IT)
  • New York University (US)
  • National Cancer Institute (US)
  • University of Padua (IT)
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
  • Louisiana State University (US)
  • Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” (IT)
  • German Cancer Research Center (DE)
  • Abramson Cancer Center (US)
  • The Wistar Institute (US)
Corresponding author
  • Bronte, Vincenzo
  • Gabrilovich, Dmitry I.
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2016-07-06
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
12150-12150
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2471500324
Cited by
2,751
References
81
Citations by year
2026: 194 · 2025: 234 · 2024: 312 · 2023: 300 · 2022: 331 · 2021: 370 · 2020: 330 · 2019: 255 · 2018: 238 · 2017: 157 · 2016: 25 · 2012: 1
FWCI
21.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park) (cc-by)
Funders
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (CA21765)
  • Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (CA157)
  • American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (P30CA21765, CA 21765)
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (BM1404)
  • Ministero della Salute
  • Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (RBAP11H2R9_005, B31J11000420001)
  • Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (12886, 12182, 14103, 15585, 14194, AIRC 6599)
  • National Institutes of Health (GM 021248, CA21765))
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL056067)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA204191, R01CA084488, R01CA109322, R01CA127483, R01CA184185, R01CA141438, R01CA100062, P30CA021765, P30CA010815, R01CA115880)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R37GM021248, R01GM021248)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
Keywords
myeloid-derived suppressor cells, nomenclature, tumor immunology, immunosuppression, tumor progression, phenotypic heterogeneity, inflammation
MeSH terms
Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells, Algorithms, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Humans, Neoplasms, Terminology as Topic, Antigens, CD, Cytokines, Models, Immunological

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