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ArticleHaematologica2018

Repurposing tofacitinib as an anti-myeloma therapeutic to reverse growth-promoting effects of the bone marrow microenvironment.

Christine Lam, Ian D Ferguson, Margarette C Mariano, Yu-Hsiu T Lin, Megan Murnane, Hui Liu, Geoffrey A Smith, Sandy W Wong, Jack Taunton, Jun O Liu and 4 more

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Article in Haematologica, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Christine LamDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Ian D FergusonDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Margarette C MarianoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Yu-Hsiu T LinDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Megan MurnaneHelen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Hui LiuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Geoffrey A SmithDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Sandy W WongHelen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Jack TauntonDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Jun O LiuDepartment of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Constantine S MitsiadesDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Byron C HannHelen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Blake T AftabHelen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Arun P WiitaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA arun.wiita@ucsf.edu.

Funding

Translational InformaticsP30CA082103 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Jennifer Leigh Clarke · 1999 to 2026
$209.7M
MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007618 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ANDERSON, MARK S · 1985 to 2020
$29.6M
RESEARCH TRAINING IN CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGYT32GM064337 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CRAIK, CHARLES SCOTT · 2002 to 2021
$7.8M
Global Assessment of Myeloma Response to ChemotherapyK08CA184116 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WIITA, ARUN P. · 2014 to 2018
$684k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA184116NCI NIH HHS P30 CA082103NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007618NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM064337
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The myeloma bone marrow microenvironment promotes proliferation of malignant plasma cells and resistance to therapy. Activation of JAK/STAT signaling is thought to be a central component of these microenvironment-induced phenotypes. In a prior drug repurposing screen, we identified tofacitinib, a pan-JAK inhibitor Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for rheumatoid arthritis, as an agent that may reverse the tumor-stimulating effects of bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells. Herein, we validated

Indexed as

Drug RepositioningAnimalsBone MarrowCell CommunicationDisease Models, AnimalHumansJanus KinasesMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceMultiple MyelomaPhosphoproteinsPiperidinesPlasma CellsProtein Kinase InhibitorsProteomeProteomicsJanus KinasesPhosphoproteinsPiperidinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProteomePyrimidinesPyrrolesSTAT Transcription Factorstofacitinib

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PMID29622655
PMCPMC6029548

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