«Taken together, these results support the hypothesis that multiple
myeloma cells express bone - related genes in a Runx2 - dependent fashion that mimics bone marrow resident cells and likely contributes to tumor survival and growth in the bone microenvironment,» Yang and colleagues wrote in the paper.
Not exact matches
The group looked at an oncogene, AF1q discovered in Tse's lab, which is
expressed in hematological cancer
cells and is known to be related to multiple
myeloma.
After being infused back into patients» bodies, these newly built
cells both multiply and seek out a peptide
expressed by the antigens NY - ESO - 1 and LAGE - 1 found in multiple
myeloma cancer
cells.
Although
myeloma is, like leukemias and lymphomas, a cancer involving white blood
cells known as lymphocytes,
myeloma cells don't traditionally
express CD19 on their surface because they arise from the most mature type of lymphocytes — plasma
cells.