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The CXCL12-3'A allele plays a favourable role in patients with multiple myeloma.
Cytokine - 1 Oct 2013
Mazur Grzegorz, Gębura Katarzyna, Gieryng Anna, Butrym Aleksandra, Wróbel Tomasz, Bogunia-Kubik Katarzyna
Abstract excerpt
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell malignancy characterized by bone marrow infiltration and the presence of a monoclonal protein in serum and/or urine. CXCR4 and its ligand CXCL12 are essential for neoplastic cell homing to bone marrow in haematological malignancies. The JAK2/STAT3 pathway, which is activated after CXCL12 binding to CXCR4, takes part in many signalling cascades which are linked to cell...
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