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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2020

Influence of gut microbiome on multiple myeloma: friend or foe?

Nausheen Ahmed, Mahmoud Ghannoum, Molly Gallogly, Marcos de Lima, Ehsan Malek

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. GutBlood neoplasia · 2025
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  8. Risk factors for multiple myeloma and its precursor diseases.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025
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  13. Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production by Gut Microbiota Predicts Treatment Response in Multiple Myeloma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2024
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  19. Role of the gut microbiota in hematologic cancer.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nausheen AhmedAdult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program, UH Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Mahmoud GhannoumCenter For Medical Mycology, Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Molly GalloglyAdult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program, UH Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Marcos de LimaAdult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program, UH Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Ehsan MalekAdult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program, UH Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Ehsan.Malek@Uhhospitals.org.
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center · USCase Western Reserve University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignancy of terminally differentiated plasma cells, which typically evolves over time from its precursor, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. While the underlying mechanisms of this evolution remain elusive, immunomodulatory factors affecting the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment are suspected to play a role. There is an increasing evidence that the gut microbiome exerts an influence on its host's adaptive and innate immune systems, inflammatory pathways and the BM microenvironment. Dysbiosis, therefore, may impact tumorigenesis in MM. This article gives an overview of potential mechanisms by which the microbiome may influence the pathogenesis of MM, MM patients' responses to treatment and toxicities experienced by MM patients undergoing autologous transplant. It also discusses the potential role of the mycobiome in MM, a less studied component of the microbiome.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMonoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined SignificanceMultiple MyelomaBone MarrowHumansTransplantation, AutologousTumor Microenvironmentadaptive immunityreviewsystems biologytransplantation immunologytumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID32581045
PMCPMC7312329
OpenAlexW3037965755

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