Drug resistance in multiple myeloma

P Robak, I Drozdz, J Szemraj, T Robak - Cancer treatment reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Multiple myeloma (MM, plasma cell myeloma) is a malignant hematologic disease
characterized by the clonal proliferation of malignant plasma cells. The treatment of MM has …

Homologous recombination in cancer development, treatment and development of drug resistance

T Helleday - Carcinogenesis, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Although DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are substrates for homologous recombination
(HR) repair, it is becoming apparent that DNA lesions produced at replication forks, for …

Molecular and cellular pharmacology of the hypoxia-activated prodrug TH-302

F Meng, JW Evans, D Bhupathi, M Banica, L Lan… - Molecular cancer …, 2012 - AACR
Abstract TH-302 is a 2-nitroimidazole triggered hypoxia-activated prodrug (HAP) of bromo-
isophosphoramide mustard currently undergoing clinical evaluation. Here, we describe …

Bortezomib-induced “BRCAness” sensitizes multiple myeloma cells to PARP inhibitors

P Neri, L Ren, K Gratton, E Stebner… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Chromosomal instability is a defining feature of clonal myeloma plasma cells that results in
the perpetual accumulation of genomic aberrations. In addition to its role in protein …

A 13 mer LNA-i-miR-221 inhibitor restores drug sensitivity in melphalan-refractory multiple myeloma cells

A Gulla, MT Di Martino, ME Gallo Cantafio, E Morelli… - Clinical cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: The onset of drug resistance is a major cause of treatment failure in multiple
myeloma. Although increasing evidence is defining the role of miRNAs in mediating drug …

Genome instability in multiple myeloma: Facts and factors

AY Aksenova, AS Zhuk, AG Lada, IV Zotova… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Multiple myeloma is an incurable blood cancer caused by the malignant
transformation of immunoglobulin-producing plasma cells. The mechanisms leading to the …

[HTML][HTML] The NFκB pathway: a therapeutic target in glioblastoma

L Nogueira, P Ruiz-Ontañon, A Vazquez-Barquero… - Oncotarget, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer initiating cells have been described to be the only cell population with tumorigenic
capacity in glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most aggressive and untreatable cancers …

Catching moving targets: cancer stem cell hierarchies, therapy-resistance & considerations for clinical intervention

C Gasch, B Ffrench, JJ O'Leary, MF Gallagher - Molecular cancer, 2017 - Springer
It is widely believed that targeting the tumour-initiating cancer stem cell (CSC) component of
malignancy has great therapeutic potential, particularly in therapy-resistant disease …

The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier complex potentiates the efficacy of proteasome inhibitors in multiple myeloma

S Findlay, R Nair, RA Merrill, Z Kaiser… - Blood …, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological malignancy that emerges from antibody-
producing plasma B cells. Proteasome inhibitors, including the US Food and Drug …

[HTML][HTML] Chemotherapy induces expression and release of heparanase leading to changes associated with an aggressive tumor phenotype

VC Ramani, I Vlodavsky, M Ng, Y Zhang, P Barbieri… - Matrix biology, 2016 - Elsevier
High heparanase expression is associated with enhanced tumor growth, angiogenesis, and
metastasis in many types of cancer. However, the mechanisms driving high heparanase …