Myeloid cells obtained from the blood but not from the tumor can suppress T cell proliferation in patients with melanoma
Clinical Cancer Research, 08/01/2012
Gros A et al. – The findings provide a first characterization of the nature and suppressive function of the melanoma myeloid infiltrate and indicate that the suppressive function of Myeloid–derived suppressor cells (MDSC) in melanoma patients appears far less than that based on experimental tumor models.



