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ArticleBlood research2021

The expression of multiple cancer/testis antigens can potentially be used to detect circulating disease and clonal evolution in the peripheral blood of multiple myeloma patients.

Karen Shires, Teagan Van Wyk, Kirsty Wienand

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Article in Blood research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Karen ShiresDivision of Haematology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town and National Health Laboratory Service/Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa.
Teagan Van WykDepartment of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Kirsty WienandDivision of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · USNational Health Laboratory Service · ZAUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt is thought that cancer/testis antigens (CTAs) are expressed in a cascade-like manner in multiple myeloma as the disease progresses. In this pilot study, we investigated the co-expression of several CTAs in the peripheral blood (PB) during patient therapy to establish whether monitoring multiple CTAs allows for the prediction of relapse and clonal evolution.

methodsWe examined the co-expression of

resultsSimultaneous monitoring of

conclusionThis pilot study supports the novel idea of determining the levels and CTA expression patterns of the total circulating malignant cell population (pro-B/pre-B stem cell progenitors and proliferating plasma cells) as an alternate disease monitoring methodology.

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PMID34462402
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