Project description:Multiple myeloma is hematologic malignancies result from clonal proliferation of plasma cells. Recently, increasing evidence supports the hypothesis that microenvironment cells play important roles in the proliferation, survival, and drug resistance of clonal plasma cells. The aim of this study is to culture stromal cells from bone marrow aspirates of patients with multiple myeloma, and to investigate expression profiles of bone marrow stromal cells and their relationships with the clinical characteristics of patients. RNA was extracted cultured bone marrow stromal cells from 15 patients with plasma cell neoplasms, and bone marrow stromal cells from 13 control patients with 9 B-cell lymphoma patients with no evidence of BM involvement and 4 patients with mild-to-moderate cytopenia without evidence of hematologic malignancies
Project description:Multiple myeloma is hematologic malignancies result from clonal proliferation of plasma cells. Recently, increasing evidence supports the hypothesis that microenvironment cells play important roles in the proliferation, survival, and drug resistance of clonal plasma cells. The aim of this study is to culture stromal cells from bone marrow aspirates of patients with multiple myeloma, and to investigate expression profiles of bone marrow stromal cells and their relationships with the clinical characteristics of patients.
Project description:Samples in this series are pre-treatment bone marrow aspirates from multiple myeloma patients Experiment Overall Design: Samples in this series are: Experiment Overall Design: 1. CD-138-selected plasma cells from bone marrow of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients susequently treated with Total Therapy 2 (pre-treatment TT2) Experiment Overall Design: 2. CD-138-selected plasma cells from bone marrow of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients susequently treated with Total Therapy 3 (pre treatment TT3). Experiment Overall Design: Overall Design: Experiment Overall Design: Baseline gene expression signatures were used to: 1) develop unsupervised hierarchical cluster classes; 2) establish links with outcome following stem cell transplantation
Project description:Samples in this series are pre-treatment bone marrow aspirates from multiple myeloma patients. Experiment Overall Design: Samples in this series are: Experiment Overall Design: 1. CD-138-selected plasma cells from bone marrow of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma subsequently treated with high dose therapy and stem cell transplants termed Total Therapy 2 (pre-treatment TT2) Experiment Overall Design: 2. CD-138-selected plasma cells from bone marrow of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma subsequently treated with Total Therapy 3 (pre treatment TT3). Experiment Overall Design: Overall Design: Experiment Overall Design: Gene expression signatures were used to: 1) develop unsupervised hierarchical cluster classes; 2) establish links with outcome following stem cell transplantation
Project description:Gene expression profiling of CD138 purified bone marrow plasma cells of normal donnors, previoulsy untreated MGUS and multiple myeloma patients, and myeloma cell lines
Project description:<h4><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Multiple myeloma is characterized by clonal proliferation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow that produce monoclonal immunoglobulins. N-glycosylation changes of these monoclonal immunoglobulins have been reported in multiple myeloma, but previous studies only detected limited serum N-glycan features.</h4><h4><strong>METHODS:</strong> Here, a more detailed study of the human serum N-glycome of 91 multiple myeloma patients and 51 controls was performed. We additionally analyzed sequential samples from patients (n = 7) which were obtained at different time points during disease development as well as 16 paired blood serum and bone marrow plasma samples. N-glycans were enzymatically released and measured by mass spectrometry after linkage specific derivatization of sialic acids.</h4><h4><strong>RESULTS:</strong> A decrease in both α2,3- and α2,6-sialylation, galactosylation and an increase in fucosylation within complex-type N-glycans were found in multiple myeloma patients compared to controls, as well as a decrease in difucosylation of diantennary glycans. The observed glycosylation changes were present in all ISS stages, including the 'low-risk' ISS I. In individual patients, difucosylation of diantennary glycans decreased with development of the disease. Protein N-glycosylation features from blood and bone marrow showed strong correlation. Moreover, associations of monoclonal immunoglobulin (M-protein) and albumin levels with glycan traits were discovered in multiple myeloma patients.</h4><h4><strong>CONCLUSIONS & GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE: </strong>In conclusion, serum protein N-glycosylation analysis could successfully distinguish multiple myeloma from healthy controls. Further studies are needed to assess the potential roles of glycan trait changes and the associations of glycans with clinical parameters in multiple myeloma early detection and prognosis.</h4>