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Cellular resistance mechanisms with impact on the therapy of multiple myeloma.
Leukemia - 1 Dec 1997
Gieseler F, Nüssler V
Abstract excerpt
Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by bone marrow infiltration with abnormal plasma cells which synthesize monoclonal immunoglobulins (Ig) or Ig fragments. Regularly, MM cells exhibit a high intrinsic resistance to available chemotherapeutic strategies. A number of cellular alterations including the cellular membrane, such as mutations of the glucocorticoid receptor or expression of membrane transport...
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