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ArticleNature communications2025

Single-cell RNA sequencing defines distinct disease subtypes and reveals hypo-responsiveness to interferon in asymptomatic Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia.

Romanos Sklavenitis-Pistofidis, Yoshinobu Konishi, Daniel Heilpern-Mallory, Ting Wu, Nicholas Tsakmaklis, Michelle P Aranha, Zachary R Hunter, Alaa K Ali, Junko Tsuji, Nicholas J Haradhvala and 12 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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22 authors.

Romanos Sklavenitis-Pistofidis *Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Yoshinobu Konishi *Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Daniel Heilpern-MalloryDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4296-015X
Ting WuBroad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nicholas TsakmaklisDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Michelle P AranhaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8230-5726
Zachary R HunterDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1689-1691
Alaa K AliDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Junko TsujiBroad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nicholas J HaradhvalaBroad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1113-3135
Elizabeth D LightbodyDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Katherine TowleDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Laura HevenorDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Rizwan RomeeDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9077-4736
Edward L BriercheckDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Eric L SmithDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0296-7587
Christine-Ivy LiacosDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Efstathios KastritisDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Meletios A DimopoulosDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8990-3254
Steven P TreonDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6393-6154
Gad GetzBroad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0936-0753
Irene M GhobrialDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. irene_ghobrial@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7361-3092

Funding

Molecular Prediction of Myeloma Initiation Molecular Prediction of Myeloma InitiationR35CA263817 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Irene M. Ghobrial · 2022 to 2026
$5.1M
Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation (Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation) n/aInternational Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation (International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation, Inc.) Robert A. Kyle AwardMultiple Myeloma Research Foundation (Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Inc.) Research Fellowship AwardNCI NIH HHS R35 CA263817U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R35CA263817
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (WM) is an IgM-secreting bone marrow (BM) lymphoma that is preceded by an asymptomatic state (AWM). To dissect tumor-intrinsic and immune mechanisms of progression, we perform single-cell RNA-sequencing on 294,206 BM tumor and immune cells from 30 patients with AWM/WM, 26 patients with Smoldering Myeloma, and 23 healthy donors. Despite their early stage, patients with AWM present extensive immune dysregulation, including in normal B cells, with disease-specific immune hallmarks. Patient T and NK cells show systemic hypo-responsiveness to interferon, which improves with interferon administration and may represent a therapeutic vulnerability. MYD88-mutant tumors show transcriptional heterogeneity, which can be distilled in a molecular classification, including a DUSP22/CD9-positive subtype, and progression signatures which differentiate IgM MGUS from overt WM and can help advance WM research and clinical practice.

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InterferonsWaldenstrom MacroglobulinemiaAgedAsymptomatic DiseasesB-LymphocytesFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin MKiller Cells, NaturalMaleMiddle AgedMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Sequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisT-LymphocytesImmunoglobulin MInterferonsMYD88 protein, humanMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88

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PMCPMC11811135

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