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Melanoma
Phenformin Inhibits Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and Enhances the Anti-Tumor Activity of PD-1 Blockade in Melanoma
Biguanides, such as the diabetes therapeutics metformin and phenformin, have shown antitumor activity both in vitro and in vivo. However, their potential effects on the tumor microenvironment are largely unknown. Here we report that phenformin selectively inhibits granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells in spleens of tumor-bearing mice and ex vivo. Phenformin induces production of reactive oxygen species in granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells, whereas the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine attenuates the inhibitory effects of phenformin.
