Immunomodulatory drugs in multiple myeloma: mechanisms of action and clinical experience

SA Holstein, PL McCarthy - Drugs, 2017 - Springer
Over the last two decades, the outcomes for patients with multiple myeloma, a plasma cell
malignancy, have dramatically improved. The development of the immunomodulatory drugs …

Lenalidomide mode of action: linking bench and clinical findings

F Davies, R Baz - Blood reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
New effective strategies are required that specifically address the challenges of multiple
myeloma (MM) treatment, namely, disease recurrence, immunosuppression, and treatment …

Immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) in multiple myeloma

S Raza, RA Safyan, S Lentzsch - Current cancer drug targets, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological cancer caused by a proliferation of
clonal plasma cells, leading to anemia, renal failure, hypercalcemia and destructive bone …

Mechanism of action of immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDS) in multiple myeloma

H Quach, D Ritchie, AK Stewart, P Neeson, S Harrison… - Leukemia, 2010 - nature.com
Immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) are thalidomide analogues, which possess pleiotropic anti-
myeloma properties including immune-modulation, anti-angiogenic, anti-inflammatory and …

IMiD immunomodulatory compounds block C/EBPβ translation through eIF4E down-regulation resulting in inhibition of MM

S Li, R Pal, SA Monaghan, P Schafer… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Immunomodulatory derivatives of thalidomide (IMiD compounds), such as pomalidomide
and lenalidomide, are highly active in multiple myeloma (MM) treatment. However, the …

The use of novel agents in the treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma

JP Laubach, A Mahindra, CS Mitsiades… - Leukemia, 2009 - nature.com
Although outcomes for patients with multiple myeloma (MM) have improved over the past
decade, the disease remains incurable and even patients who respond well to induction …

Molecular mechanism of action of immune-modulatory drugs thalidomide, lenalidomide and pomalidomide in multiple myeloma

YX Zhu, KM Kortuem, AK Stewart - Leukemia & lymphoma, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Although several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the activity of thalidomide,
lenalidomide and pomalidomide in multiple myeloma (MM), including demonstrable anti …

Emerging therapies for multiple myeloma

K Podar, YT Tai, T Hideshima, S Vallet… - Expert opinion on …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a clonal plasma cell malignancy clinically characterized by
osteolytic lesions, immunodeficiency, and renal disease. There are an estimated 750,000 …

Lenalidomide and thalidomide: mechanisms of action—similarities and differences

KC Anderson - Seminars in Hematology, 2005 - Elsevier
Multiple myeloma is a B-cell malignancy characterized by an excess of monotypic plasma
cells in the bone marrow. The molecular mechanisms that are involved in disease …

[HTML][HTML] Developing next generation immunomodulatory drugs and their combinations in multiple myeloma

A Thakurta, WE Pierceall, MD Amatangelo, E Flynt… - Oncotarget, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Multiple Myeloma (MM) is an incurable malignancy with current treatment choices primarily
comprising combination regimens implemented with a risk-adapted approach. Cereblon …