title: Cancer stem cells in multiple myeloma.
abstract: Several key observations providing evidence for the cancer stem cell hypothesis and insights into the unique biology of these cells have come from the study of multiple myeloma. These include evidence that cancer cells may be functionally heterogeneous in spite of their genetic homogeneity and that malignant progenitors share many biological features with normal adult stem cells including drug resistance and regulatory processes governing self-renewal. We review studies that have examined clonogenic cells in multiple myeloma, highlight controversies regarding the cell of origin in multiple myeloma, and discuss potential targeting strategies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Oncology and The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1650 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
authors.forename: Nilanjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Matsui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D010641:Phenotype; D000069283:Rituximab; D053668:Syndecan-1 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D053668:Syndecan-1; D000069283:Rituximab