Multiple myeloma in the marrow: pathogenesis and treatments

H Fairfield, C Falank, L Avery… - Annals of the New York …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a B cell malignancy resulting in osteolytic lesions and fractures. In
the disease state, bone healing is limited owing to increased osteoclastic and decreased …

[HTML][HTML] Microenvironment drug resistance in multiple myeloma: emerging new players

L Di Marzo, V Desantis, AG Solimando, S Ruggieri… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Multiple myeloma (MM) drug resistance (DR) is a multistep transformation process based on
a powerful interplay between bone marrow stromal cells and MM cells that allows the latter …

Immune responses in multiple myeloma: role of the natural immune surveillance and potential of immunotherapies

C Guillerey, K Nakamura, S Vuckovic, GR Hill… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2016 - Springer
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a tumor of terminally differentiated B cells that arises in the bone
marrow. Immune interactions appear as key determinants of MM progression. While myeloid …

Regulation of sclerostin expression in multiple myeloma by Dkk‐1: a potential therapeutic strategy for myeloma bone disease

H Eda, L Santo, MN Wein, DZ Hu… - Journal of Bone and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Sclerostin is a potent inhibitor of osteoblastogenesis. Interestingly, newly diagnosed multiple
myeloma (MM) patients have high levels of circulating sclerostin that correlate with disease …

Role of myeloma-derived MIF in myeloma cell adhesion to bone marrow and chemotherapy response

Y Zheng, Q Wang, T Li, J Qian, Y Lu, Y Li… - Journal of the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background: Multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable cancer characterized by
accumulation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow (BM). The mechanism …

miRNA-202 in bone marrow stromal cells affects the growth and adhesion of multiple myeloma cells by regulating B cell-activating factor

X Shen, Y Guo, J Yu, J Qi, W Shi, X Wu, H Ni… - Clinical and experimental …, 2016 - Springer
Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) up-regulate B cell-activating factor (BAFF) in multiple
myeloma. Increasing experimental evidence has shown that microRNAs play a causal role …

A phase II trial of AZD6244 (Selumetinib, ARRY-142886), an oral MEK1/2 inhibitor, in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma

B Holkova, A Zingone, M Kmieciak, P Bose… - Clinical Cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: AZD6244 is a MEK1/2 inhibitor with significant preclinical activity in multiple
myeloma cells. This phase II study used a two-stage Simon design to determine the …

Targeting PYK2 mediates microenvironment-specific cell death in multiple myeloma

MB Meads, B Fang, L Mathews, J Gemmer, L Nong… - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable malignancy due, in part, to the influence of the
bone marrow microenvironment on survival and drug response. Identification of …

Bone disease in multiple myeloma

H Eda, L Santo, G David Roodman, N Raje - Plasma Cell Dyscrasias, 2016 - Springer
Bone involvement represented by osteolytic bone disease (OBD) or osteopenia is one of the
pathognomonic and defining characteristics of multiple myeloma (MM). Nearly 90% of …

Signaling pathways and emerging therapies in multiple myeloma

V Ramakrishnan, A D'Souza - Current hematologic malignancy reports, 2016 - Springer
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a devastating malignancy of antibody-producing plasma cells. In
the absence of a single unifying genetic event contributing to disease manifestation, efforts …