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Cancer and complement

Nature Biotechnology volume 26, pages 1348–1349 (2008)Cite this article

A component of the complement system promotes tumor growth by activating myeloid-derived suppressor cells.

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Figure 1: Multiple pro-inflammatory mediators in the tumor microenvironment increase the accumulation of MDS cells and enhance their immunosuppressive activity.

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