Multiple myeloma: Available therapies and causes of drug resistance

V Pinto, R Bergantim, HR Caires, H Seca… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common blood cancer. Treatments for MM
include corticosteroids, alkylating agents, anthracyclines, proteasome inhibitors …

The genetic architecture of multiple myeloma

GJ Morgan, BA Walker, FE Davies - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2012 - nature.com
Based on the clinical features of myeloma and related malignancies of plasma cells, it has
been possible to generate a model system of myeloma progression from a normal plasma …

Genetic abnormalities in multiple myeloma: prognostic and therapeutic implications

IJ Cardona-Benavides, C de Ramón, NC Gutiérrez - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Some genetic abnormalities of multiple myeloma (MM) detected more than two decades ago
remain major prognostic factors. In recent years, the introduction of cutting-edge genomic …

A compendium of myeloma-associated chromosomal copy number abnormalities and their prognostic value

BA Walker, PE Leone, L Chiecchio… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
To obtain a comprehensive genomic profile of presenting multiple myeloma cases we
performed high-resolution single nucleotide polymorphism mapping array analysis in 114 …

A chemical probe targeting the PWWP domain alters NSD2 nucleolar localization

D Dilworth, RP Hanley, R Ferreira de Freitas… - Nature chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Nuclear receptor-binding SET domain-containing 2 (NSD2) is the primary enzyme
responsible for the dimethylation of lysine 36 of histone 3 (H3K36), a mark associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Drug resistance in multiple myeloma: latest findings and new concepts on molecular mechanisms

J Abdi, G Chen, H Chang - Oncotarget, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the era of new and mostly effective therapeutic protocols, multiple myeloma still tends to
be a hard-to-treat hematologic cancer. This hallmark of the disease is in fact a sequel to drug …

Histone methyltransferases in cancer

M Albert, K Helin - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2010 - Elsevier
Cancer is perceived as a heterogeneous group of diseases that is characterized by aberrant
patterns of gene expression. In the last decade, an increasing amount of data has pointed to …

The role of nuclear receptor–binding SET domain family histone lysine methyltransferases in cancer

RL Bennett, A Swaroop… - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The nuclear receptor–binding SET Domain (NSD) family of histone H3 lysine 36
methyltransferases is comprised of NSD1, NSD2 (MMSET/WHSC1), and NSD3 (WHSC1L1) …

Structural and functional specificity of H3K36 methylation

UTF Lam, BKY Tan, JJX Poh, ES Chen - Epigenetics & Chromatin, 2022 - Springer
The methylation of histone H3 at lysine 36 (H3K36me) is essential for maintaining genomic
stability. Indeed, this methylation mark is essential for proper transcription, recombination …

Identification of microRNA expression patterns and definition of a microRNA/mRNA regulatory network in distinct molecular groups of multiple myeloma

M Lionetti, M Biasiolo, L Agnelli… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
To date, little evidence of miRNA expression/deregulation in multiple myeloma has been
reported. To characterize miRNA in the context of the major multiple myeloma molecular …