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ArticleHematology reports2020

The molecular pathogenesis of multiple myeloma.

Niccolò Bolli, Giovanni Martinelli, Claudio Cerchione

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Article in Hematology reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Immunocompetent Mouse Models of Multiple Myeloma: Therapeutic Implications.Hematology/oncology clinics of North America · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Niccolò BolliDepartment of Oncology and Hemato- Oncology, University of Milan, Italy.
Giovanni MartinelliHematology Unit, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy.
Claudio CerchioneHematology Unit, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITIstituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple Myeloma (MM) is characterized by uncontrolled proliferation and accumulation of clonal plasma cells within the bone marrow. However, the cell of origin is a B-lymphocyte acquiring aberrant genomic events in the germinal center of a lymph node as off-target events during somatichypermutation and class-switch recombination driven by activation-induced-deaminase. Whether pre-germinal center events are also required for transformation, and which additional events are required for disease progression is still matter of debate. As early treatment in asymptomatic phases is gaining traction in the clinic, a better understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of myeloma progression would allow stratification of patients based on their risk of progression, thus rationalizing efficacy and cost of clinical interventions. In this review, we will discuss the development of MM, from the cell of origin through asymptomatic stages such as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and smoldering MM, to the development of symptomatic disease. We will explain the genetic heterogeneity of MM, one of the major drivers of disease recurrence. In this context, moreover, we will propose how this knowledge may influence future diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.

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Multiple myelomanext-generation sequencingpersonalized medicinetumor evolution

Identifiers

PMID33408844
PMCPMC7772755
OpenAlexW3116064748

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