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Clinical drug resistance linked to interconvertible phenotypic and functional states of tumor-propagating cells in multiple myeloma.
Blood - 10 Jan 2013
Chaidos Aristeidis, Barnes Chris P, Cowan Gillian, May Philippa C, Melo Valeria, Hatjiharissi Evdoxia, Papaioannou Maria, Harrington Heather, Doolittle Helen, Terpos Evangelos, Dimopoulos Meletios, Abdalla Saad, Yarranton Helen, Naresh Kikkeri, Foroni Letizia, Reid Alistair, Rahemtulla Amin, Stumpf Michael, Roberts Irene, Karadimitris Anastasios
Abstract excerpt
The phenotype and function of cells enriched in tumor-propagating activity and their relationship to the phenotypic architecture in multiple myeloma (MM) are controversial. Here, in a cohort of 30 patients, we show that MM composes 4 hierarchically organized, clonally related subpopulations, which, although phenotypically distinct, share the same oncogenic chromosomal abnormalities as well as immunoglobulin heavy...
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