The early apoptosis of CD8+ T cells from NC co‐cultured with MDSCs from MDS patients (n = 8, samples: 039‐046) was significantly higher than that of CD8+ T cells from NC that were cultured alone (38.66 ± 7.91% vs 16.18 ± 3.84%, P = .0075**) (Figure 2C). The gene discussed is CD8A; the disease is myelodysplastic syndrome.