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Review
. 2021 Jan 8;13(2):216.
doi: 10.3390/cancers13020216.

Signaling Pathway Mediating Myeloma Cell Growth and Survival

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Signaling Pathway Mediating Myeloma Cell Growth and Survival

Teru Hideshima et al. Cancers (Basel). .

Abstract

The multiple myeloma (MM) bone marrow (BM) microenvironment consists of different types of accessory cells. Both soluble factors (i.e., cytokines) secreted from these cells and adhesion of MM cells to these cells play crucial roles in activation of intracellular signaling pathways mediating MM cell growth, survival, migration, and drug resistance. Importantly, there is crosstalk between the signaling pathways, increasing the complexity of signal transduction networks in MM cells in the BM microenvironment, highlighting the requirement for combination treatment strategies to blocking multiple signaling pathways.

Keywords: bone marrow microenvironment; cell adhesion; cytokine; multiple myeloma; signal transduction.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Activation of signaling pathways (selected) in MM cells in the BM microenvironment.
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Cell adhesion-induced activation of signaling pathways.

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