Mechanism of immunomodulatory drugs' action in the treatment of multiple myeloma

X Chang, Y Zhu, C Shi, AK Stewart - Acta Biochim Biophys Sin, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Although immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs), such as thalidomide, lenalidomide, and
pomalidomide, are widely used in the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), the molecular …

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 …

Mechanism of action of immunomodulatory agents in multiple myeloma

T Reske, M Fulciniti, NC Munshi - Medical oncology, 2010 - Springer
Immunomodulatory agents (IMiD's) have become an important drug category in the
treatment of multiple myeloma. The agents have a complex mechanism of action that …

Immunomodulatory drugs in multiple myeloma: from molecular mechanisms of action to clinical practice

R Castelli, A Cannavò, F Conforti, G Grava… - …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a clonal disorder of plasma cells that is considered incurable
using the currently available treatments. Cytogenetic, molecular and proteonomic …

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 …

Induction by lenalidomide and dexamethasone combination increases regulatory cells of patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma

KR Muthu Raja, L Kovarova, R Hajek - Leukemia & lymphoma, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The introduction of novel drugs (thalidomide, lenalidomide [immunomodulatory drugs;
IMiDs] and bortezomib) optimistically changed the outcome of patients with multiple …

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 …

Immunomodulation as a therapeutic strategy in the treatment of multiple myeloma

CS Mitsiades, S Chen-Kiang - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2013 - Elsevier
Growth and survival of multiple myeloma (MM) cells depend on intrinsic, cell-autonomous
parameters, such as the genetic lesions harboured by the MM cells, as well as extracellular …

Immunomodulatory drugs in multiple myeloma

M Zangari, F Elice, G Tricot - Expert opinion on investigational …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) are thalidomide analogues that retain the direct anticancer
cytotoxic and immunological activity of their parent compound, but with a different toxicity …

Mechanism of immunomodulatory drugs in multiple myeloma

L Sedlarikova, L Kubiczkova, S Sevcikova, R Hajek - Leukemia research, 2012 - Elsevier
Multiple myeloma is the second most common hematological cancer in the world. It is
characterized by accumulation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow, osteolytic …