TY - JOUR
T1 - The bone marrow Niche in Waldenström's macroglobulinemia
AU - Ghobrial, Irene M.
AU - Zhang, Yong
AU - Liu, Yang
AU - Ngo, Hai
AU - Azab, Feda
AU - Sacco, Antonio
AU - Azab, Abdelkareem
AU - Maiso, Patricia
AU - Morgan, Brittany
AU - Quang, Phong
AU - Issa, Ghayas
AU - Roccaro, Aldo
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by the International Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Foundation (IWMF), Kirsch Lab for Waldenstrom and Heje Fellowship for WM.
PY - 2011/2/1
Y1 - 2011/2/1
N2 - The widespread involvement of the bone marrow with tumor cells indicates that there is continuous cell trafficking of WM cells in and out of the bone marrow leading to cell dissemination in the bone marrow and in the lymph nodes in many patients with WM. The interaction of the WM cells with the bone marrow is critical for the regulation of cell proliferation, cell cycle, drug resistance as well as cell dissemination and trafficking. Advances in understanding the interaction of the tumor clone with the BM microenvironment have led to the development of therapeutic agents that not only target the tumor clone but also regulate the bone marrow microenvironment. Here, we review the role of the cellular and liquid bone marrow compartments in the regulation of cell proliferation and dissemination in WM.
AB - The widespread involvement of the bone marrow with tumor cells indicates that there is continuous cell trafficking of WM cells in and out of the bone marrow leading to cell dissemination in the bone marrow and in the lymph nodes in many patients with WM. The interaction of the WM cells with the bone marrow is critical for the regulation of cell proliferation, cell cycle, drug resistance as well as cell dissemination and trafficking. Advances in understanding the interaction of the tumor clone with the BM microenvironment have led to the development of therapeutic agents that not only target the tumor clone but also regulate the bone marrow microenvironment. Here, we review the role of the cellular and liquid bone marrow compartments in the regulation of cell proliferation and dissemination in WM.
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U2 - 10.3816/CLML.2011.n.025
DO - 10.3816/CLML.2011.n.025
M3 - Article
C2 - 21454209
AN - SCOPUS:79953674806
SN - 2152-2650
VL - 11
SP - 118
EP - 120
JO - Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia
JF - Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia
IS - 1
ER -