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ArticleOncotarget2010

A critical role for the NFkB pathway in multiple myeloma.

Yulia N Demchenko, W Michael Kuehl

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Article in Oncotarget, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 103 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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103citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

103 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 175 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Meta-analysis of Multiple Myeloma Risk Regions in African and European Ancestry Populations Identifies Putatively Functional Loci.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yulia N DemchenkoGenetics Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
W Michael Kuehl
National Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Molecular Pathogenesis of Multiple MyelomaZIASC006581 · NCI · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI KUEHL, WALTER · 2009 to 2015
$4.5M
Genomic Rearrangements in Multiple MyelomaZIABC010910 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI KUEHL, WALTER · 2009 to 2015
$3.8M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010910Intramural NIH HHS ZIA SC006581
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NFkB transcription factors play a key role in the survival and proliferation of many kinds of B-cell tumors, including multiple myeloma (MM). It was shown that NFkB activation in MM tumors results mainly from extrinsic signaling by APRIL and BAFF ligands that stimulate receptors on normal plasma cells as well as on pre-malignant monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and MM tumors. However, the mutations that occur during MM progression and that constitutively activate NFkB would be expected to decrease dependence of tumor cells on the bone marrow microenvironment. These mutations can activate the classical or alternative NFkB pathways selectively, but usually both pathways are activated in MM. Significantly, activation of either NFkB pathway leads to a similar response of MM cell lines. This frequent activation of the alternative pathway distinguishes MM from other B-cell tumors, which more frequently have mutations that are predicted to activate only the classical NFkB pathway. Given the strong dependence of MGUS and MM tumors on NFkB pathway activation, inhibition by a combination of targeting extrinsic signaling plus both NFkB pathways appears to be an attractive therapeutic approach in MM tumors.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsHumansMultiple MyelomaNF-kappa BSignal TransductionAntineoplastic AgentsNF-kappa Bcancerchemotherapydrug resistanceleukemiaMultiple myelomamutationsNFkB

Identifiers

PMID20890394
PMCPMC2947827
OpenAlexW1810265271

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