Abstract: Water soluble compounds having a furoxan structure which are capable of inhibiting metabolic pathways involved in the development of the tumours are provided. The use of such compounds as a medicament in the therapy of the tumours and as an adjuvant in the immunotherapy protocols against neoplasms is also described.
Abstract: The present invention relates to nitric oxide furoxan derivative compounds which showed to be active in the treatment of tumors. In addition, they may be used as adjuvants in cancer immunotherapy.
Abstract: A population of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and the culture procedure to obtain these in vitro starting with bone marrow cells of mice, other animals and human beings, in the presence of specific cytokine combinations used to determine concentrations, is provided.