Molecular Research Targeting Plasma-Cell Myeloma
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 388
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multiple myeloma research; experimental and clinical hematology; stem cell-based therapies; immunotherapy; angiogenesis; regenerative medicine
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Interests: haematological neoplasms; multiple myeloma; leukemia; lymphoma; mastocytosis; biomarkers; molecular biology; genetics; epigenetics; predictive factors; prognostic factors; targeted therapy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a systemic disorder of plasma cells characterized by chromosomal instability as well as significant pathophysiological and clinical heterogeneity. According to recent epidemiologic data, MM is the second most common hematologic malignancy. Treatment of MM with combinations of novel regimens based on immunomodulatory agents, proteasome inhibitors, glucocorticoids, and immunotherapies, including monoclonal/bispecific antibodies and genetically modified immune cells, has resulted in improved outcomes over recent years. However, most patients experience relapses and develop drug-resistant diseases, since further studies involving basic research identifying potentially targetable molecular pathways, epigenetic alterations, and modulation of the immune system are still needed to lay the foundation for future, more effective anti-myeloma therapies.
Therefore, I cordially invite you to share your expertise in MM molecular research and contribute original articles reporting results of both preclinical and human studies as well as reviews focused on immune system modulation, potentially targetable molecular pathways, epigenetic alterations, and drug resistance mechanisms in multiple myeloma.
Prof. Dr. Bogusław Machaliński
Prof. Dr. Marek Hus
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- abnormal plasma cell
- multiple myeloma
- immunotherapy
- epigenetic
- drug resistance
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