Regulatory mechanisms of B cell responses and the implication in B cell-related diseases

DY Tsai, KH Hung, CW Chang, KI Lin - Journal of biomedical science, 2019 - Springer
Terminally differentiated B cell, the plasma cell, is the sole cell type capable of producing
antibodies in our body. Over the past 30 years, the identification of many key molecules …

Past, present, and a glance into the future of multiple myeloma treatment

WO Elbezanti, KB Challagundla, SC Jonnalagadda… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a challenging hematological cancer which typically grows in bone
marrow. MM accounts for 10% of hematological malignancies and 1.8% of cancers. The …

Genome-scale functional genomics identify genes preferentially essential for multiple myeloma cells compared to other neoplasias

R de Matos Simoes, R Shirasaki… - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Clinical progress in multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable plasma cell (PC) neoplasia, has
been driven by therapies that have limited applications beyond MM/PC neoplasias and do …

Matching tRNA modifications in humans to their known and predicted enzymes

V de Crécy-Lagard, P Boccaletto… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract tRNA are post-transcriptionally modified by chemical modifications that affect all
aspects of tRNA biology. An increasing number of mutations underlying human genetic …

Genetic Aberrations and Interaction of NEK2 and TP53 Accelerate Aggressiveness of Multiple Myeloma

X Feng, J Guo, G An, Y Wu, Z Liu, B Meng… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It has been previously shown that (never in mitosis gene A)‐related kinase 2 (NEK2) is
upregulated in multiple myeloma (MM) and contributes to drug resistance. However, the …

A genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 screening in myeloma cells identifies regulators of immunomodulatory drug sensitivity

J Liu, T Song, W Zhou, L Xing, S Wang, M Ho, Z Peng… - Leukemia, 2019 - nature.com
Immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) including lenalidomide and pomalidomide bind cereblon
(CRBN) and activate the CRL4CRBN ubiquitin ligase to trigger proteasomal degradation of …

Immunomodulatory drugs activate NK cells via both Zap-70 and cereblon-dependent pathways

T Hideshima, D Ogiya, J Liu, T Harada, K Kurata, J Bae… - Leukemia, 2021 - nature.com
Immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) lenalidomide and pomalidomide show remarkable
antitumor activity in multiple myeloma (MM) via directly inhibiting MM-cell growth in the bone …

Discovery of Highly Potent and Efficient CBP/p300 Degraders with Strong In Vivo Antitumor Activity

J Hu, H Xu, T Wu, C Zhang, H Shen… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The transcriptional coactivator cAMP response element binding protein (CREB)-binding
protein (CBP) and its homologue p300 have emerged as attractive therapeutic targets for …

Update on the role of lenalidomide in patients with multiple myeloma

SA Holstein, VJ Suman… - Therapeutic advances in …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Lenalidomide is a derivative of thalidomide and belongs to the class of drugs known as the
immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs). The IMiDs have played a large role in improving the …

ERK signaling mediates resistance to immunomodulatory drugs in the bone marrow microenvironment

J Liu, T Hideshima, L Xing, S Wang, W Zhou… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) have markedly improved patient outcome in multiple
myeloma (MM); however, resistance to IMiDs commonly underlies relapse of disease. Here …