Extracellular matrix-based materials for regenerative medicine

GS Hussey, JL Dziki, SF Badylak - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
In tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, a biomaterial provides mechanical support
and biochemical signals to encourage cell attachment and modulate cell behaviour …

Prognostic and predictive biomarker developments in multiple myeloma

CT Wallington-Beddoe, RL Mynott - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
New approaches to stratify multiple myeloma patients based on prognosis and therapeutic
decision-making, or prediction, are needed since patients are currently managed in a similar …

Proteomic analyses of ECM during pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression reveal different contributions by tumor and stromal cells

C Tian, KR Clauser, D Öhlund… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has prominent extracellular matrix (ECM) that
compromises treatments yet cannot be nonselectively disrupted without adverse …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals compromised immune microenvironment in precursor stages of multiple myeloma

O Zavidij, NJ Haradhvala, TH Mouhieddine… - Nature cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Precursor states of multiple myeloma (MM) and its native tumor microenvironment need in-
depth molecular characterization to better stratify and treat patients at risk. Using single-cell …

The cancer matrisome: From comprehensive characterization to biomarker discovery

AM Socovich, A Naba - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Tumor progression and dissemination critically depend on support from the tumor
microenvironment, the ensemble of cellular and acellular components surrounding and …

The bone-marrow niche in MDS and MGUS: implications for AML and MM

IM Ghobrial, A Detappe, KC Anderson… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Several haematological malignancies, including multiple myeloma (MM) and acute myeloid
leukaemia (AML), have well-defined precursor states that precede the development of overt …

Exploring the extracellular matrix in health and disease using proteomics

IN Taha, A Naba - Essays in biochemistry, 2019 - portlandpress.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex assembly of hundreds of proteins that
constitutes the scaffold of multicellular organisms. In addition to providing architectural and …

From MGUS to multiple myeloma, a paradigm for clonal evolution of premalignant cells

N van Nieuwenhuijzen, I Spaan, R Raymakers… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a treatable, but incurable, malignancy of plasma cells (PC) in the
bone marrow (BM). It represents the final stage in a continuum of PC dyscrasias and is …

Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance

TH Mouhieddine, LD Weeks… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a premalignant plasma
cell dyscrasia that consistently precedes multiple myeloma (MM) with a 1% risk of …

The microenvironment in myeloma

OC Lomas, S Tahri, IM Ghobrial - Current opinion in oncology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Multiple myeloma is rarely curable and its interactions with the bone marrow
microenvironment are evident. However, separating cause from effect remains a challenge …