Fig. 1From: Different role of circulating myeloid-derived suppressor cells in patients with multiple myeloma undergoing autologous stem cell transplantationClinical relevance of MDSCs during induction chemotherapy and ASCT. Serial changes in MDSC phenotypes through induction chemotherapy and ASCT (a). The data are presented as the mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001. The 100 patients were grouped (low versus high) according to median frequency value of each E- (0.21 for pre-ASCT, 0.85 for post-ASCT) and M-MDSC phenotype (0.15 for pre-ASCT, 1.04 for post-ASCT). The 3-year time to progression (TTP) between the low and high pre-ASCT E-MDSC groups (b, top left) and M-MDSC groups (b, top right). The 3-year TTP according to post-ASCT MDSC phenotype groups are shown at the bottomBack to article page