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Xbp1s-negative tumor B cells and pre-plasmablasts mediate therapeutic proteasome inhibitor resistance in multiple myeloma.
Cancer cell - 9 Sept 2013
Leung-Hagesteijn Chungyee, Erdmann Natalie, Cheung Grace, Keats Jonathan J, Stewart A Keith, Reece Donna E, Chung Kim Chan, Tiedemann Rodger E
Abstract excerpt
Proteasome inhibitor (PI) resistance mechanisms in multiple myeloma (MM) remain controversial. We report the existence of a progenitor organization in primary MM that recapitulates maturation stages between B cells and plasma cells and that contributes to clinical PI resistance. Xbp1s(-) tumor B cells and pre-plasmablasts survive therapeutic PI, preventing cure, while maturation arrest of MM before the...
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