Modulación de la activación del inflamasoma de células supresoras derivadas de mieloides para el tratamiento de GvHD o tumor

Una pluralidad de celulas supresoras derivadas de mieloides (MDSC) deficientes en proteina similar a la mota asociada a la apoptosis que contiene una CARD (ASC) (MDSC deficientes en ASC) para usar en un metodo de tratamiento de un sujeto que tiene o esta en riesgo de tener la enfermedad injerto contra huesped (GvHD), el metodo comprende: administrar al sujeto una pluralidad de MDSC deficientes en ASC. In one aspect, a method of treating a subject having or at risk of having graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) generally includes administering to the subject a plurality of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) effective to ameliorate at least one symptom or clinical sign of graft-versus-host disease compared to a suitable control subject. In another aspect, a method of treating a tumor in a subject generally includes administering to the subject an anti-tumor therapy and co-administering to the subject an inflammasome inciting agent in an amount effective to increase inflammasome activation of MDSCs sufficiently to reduce suppressor function of the MDSCs.