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ArticleCancers2023

Inflammatory Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Multiple Myeloma: Transcriptional Signature and In Vitro Modeling.

Lei Wang, Weijun Yi, Li Ma, Emily Lecea, Lori A Hazlehurst, Donald A Adjeroh, Gangqing Hu

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Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lei WangDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
Weijun YiDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
Li MaDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
Emily LeceaDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
Lori A HazlehurstWVU Cancer Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7040-4084
Donald A AdjerohLane Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
Gangqing HuDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5453-6888
West Virginia University · US

Funding

West Virginia IDEA-CTRU54GM104942 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI JUDITH FEINBERG · 2012 to 2026
$81.0M
WV INBRE: The Inhibitor of Growth Family Member 4 (ING4) inhibits L-Type Amino Acid Transporter 1 (LAT1) expression to suppress Breast CancerP20GM103434 · NIGMS · MARSHALL UNIVERSITY · PI GARY O RANKIN · 2012 to 2026
$61.1M
WVU Flow Cytometry and Single Cell Core Facility (FCSCCF)P20GM121322 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI Karen H Martin · 2018 to 2026
$22.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS 1P20 GM121322NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103434NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM121322NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM-104942NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM MSCs) play a tumor-supportive role in promoting drug resistance and disease relapse in multiple myeloma (MM). Recent studies have discovered a sub-population of MSCs, known as inflammatory MSCs (iMSCs), exclusive to the MM BM microenvironment and implicated in drug resistance. Through a sophisticated analysis of public expression data from unexpanded BM MSCs, we uncovered a positive association between iMSC signature expression and minimal residual disease. While in vitro expansion generally results in the loss of the iMSC signature, our meta-analysis of additional public expression data demonstrated that cytokine stimulation, including IL1-β and TNF-α, as well as immune cells such as neutrophils, macrophages, and MM cells, can reactivate the signature expression of iMSCs to varying extents. These findings underscore the importance and potential utility of cytokine stimulation in mimicking the gene expression signature of early passage of iMSCs for functional characterizations of their tumor-supportive roles in MM.

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bone marrowIL-1βinflammatory MSCsmultiple myelomatranscriptional signature

Identifiers

PMID37958322
PMCPMC10650304
OpenAlexW4388199350

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