ReviewCancers2022
Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs): An Ally of B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) Cells in Disease Maintenance and Progression within the Bone Marrow Hematopoietic Niche.
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- From pumps to networks: ABC transporters in leukemia resistance and microenvironmental adaptation.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2026Review
- Pericytes and mesenchymal stromal cells converge toward pro-tumor phenotypes in the tumor microenvironment.Discover oncology · 2026Review
- Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells metabolic reprogramming in systemic lupus erythematosus: remodeling of bone marrow microenvironment and regulation of immune cell fate.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Bridging the Gaps in Hematologic Disease Therapy.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2026Review
- Research progress on how mesenchymal stem cells regulate hematopoietic stem cell behavior.Molecular biology reports · 2025Review
- CXCR4-targeted theranostics in acute leukemia: disrupting leukemic cell-microenvironment interactions with pentixafor and pentixather.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Review
- Dynamic evolution of bone marrow adipocyte in B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: insights from diagnosis to post-chemotherapy.Cancer biology & therapy · 2024Article
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of chemoresistance in paediatric pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2024Review
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Leukaemia.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Biology and Therapeutic Properties of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Leukemia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Overexpression of Nrf2 in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells promotes B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells invasion and extramedullary organ infiltration through stimulation of the SDF-1/CXCR4 axis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Engagement of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in the Remodeling of the Bone Marrow Microenvironment in Hematological Cancers.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- BM-MSCs display altered gene expression profiles in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia niches and exert pro-proliferative effects via overexpression of IFI6.Journal of translational medicine · 2023Article
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- Dexamethasone-Induced Fatty Acid Oxidation and Autophagy/Mitophagy Are Essential for T-ALL Glucocorticoid Resistance.Cancers · 2023Article
- A potential area of use for immune checkpoint inhibitors: Targeting bone marrow microenvironment in acute myeloid leukemia.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- The quest for the holy grail: overcoming challenges in expanding human hematopoietic stem cells for clinical use.Stem cell investigation · 2023Review
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Abstract
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are structural components of the bone marrow (BM) niche, where they functionally interact with hematopoietic stem cells and more differentiated progenitors, contributing to hematopoiesis regulation. A growing body of evidence is nowadays pointing to a further crucial contribution of MSCs to malignant hematopoiesis. In the context of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), MSCs can play a pivotal role in the definition of a leukemia-supportive microenvironment, impacting on disease pathogenesis at different steps including onset, maintenance and progression. B-ALL cells hijack the BM microenvironment, including MSCs residing in the BM niche, which in turn shelter leukemic cells and protect them from chemotherapeutic agents through different mechanisms. Evidence is now arising that altered MSCs can become precious allies to leukemic cells by providing nutrients, cytokines, pro-survivals signals and exchanging organelles, as hereafter reviewed. The study of the mechanisms exploited by MSCs to nurture and protect B-ALL blasts can be instrumental in finding new druggable candidates to target the leukemic BM microenvironment. Some of these microenvironment-targeting strategies are already in preclinical or clinical experimentation, and if coupled with leukemia-directed therapies, could represent a valuable option to improve the prognosis of relapsed/refractory patients, whose management represents an unmet medical need.
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