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 …

Pathogenesis beyond the cancer clone (s) in multiple myeloma

G Bianchi, NC Munshi - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
Over the past 4 decades, basic research has provided crucial information regarding the
cellular and molecular biology of cancer. In particular, the relevance of cancer …

Long‐term comparison of rituximab treatment for refractory systemic lupus erythematosus and vasculitis: remission, relapse, and re‐treatment

KGC Smith, RB Jones, SM Burns… - Arthritis & …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Current treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and vasculitis
contribute to mortality and incapacity and are only partially effective; thus, newer therapies …

Regulation of CXCR3 and CXCR4 expression during terminal differentiation of memory B cells into plasma cells

G Muehlinghaus, L Cigliano, S Huehn, A Peddinghaus… - Blood, 2005 - ashpublications.org
CXC motif chemokine receptor 3 (CXCR3) and CXCR4 expressed on immunoglobulin G
(IgG)–plasma-cell precursors formed in memory immune responses are crucial modulators …

Pathogenic roles of B cells in human autoimmunity: insights from the clinic

F Martin, AC Chan - Immunity, 2004 - cell.com
The pathogenic roles of B cells in human autoimmune diseases involve a multitude of
mechanistic pathways and include the well-established contributions of autoantibodies and …

Idiopathic membranous nephropathy: diagnosis and treatment

FC Fervenza, S Sethi, U Specks - Clinical Journal of the American …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Idiopathic membranous nephropathy is still the most common glomerular disease
associated with nephrotic syndrome. The greater the proteinuria, the greater the long-term …

Understanding biology to tackle the disease: Multiple myeloma from bench to bedside, and back

G Bianchi, KC Anderson - CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of antibody‐
producing plasma cells. The pathognomonic laboratory finding is a monoclonal …

B cell homeostasis and plasma cell homing controlled by Krüppel-like factor 2

R Winkelmann, L Sandrock… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Krüppel-like factor 2 (KLF2) controls T lymphocyte egress from lymphoid organs by
regulating sphingosin-1 phosphate receptor 1 (S1Pr1). Here we show that this is not the …

Distinct transcriptional programs activated by interleukin-10 with or without lipopolysaccharide in dendritic cells: induction of the B cell-activating chemokine, CXC …

P Perrier, FO Martinez, M Locati, G Bianchi… - The Journal of …, 2004 - journals.aai.org
To understand the modulation of dendritic cell (DC) function by IL-10, gene expression
profiling was performed by using Affymetrix technology (Santa Clara, CA) in human …

Structure-based design of human TLR8-specific agonists with augmented potency and adjuvanticity

M Beesu, G Caruso, ACD Salyer… - Journal of medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Human Toll-like receptor 8 (hTLR8) is expressed in myeloid dendritic cells, monocytes, and
monocyte-derived dendritic cells. Engagement by TLR8 agonists evokes a distinct cytokine …