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Thalidomide and its immunomodulatory derivatives have provided the most significant advance in the therapy of myeloma since the introduction of high dose chemotherapy followed by stem cell transplantation nearly 20 years ago. The mechanism of action of thalidomide is complex and involves many aspects of malignant plasma cell growth and bone marrow stromal cell microenvironment interaction. Thalidomide was first used because of its anti-angiogenic properties, however it is the immunomodulatory actions that involve increasing host tumour-specific immunosurveillance by both T cell and natural killer cells which may be the most important mode of action.
Keywords: Anti-Angiogenic, immunomodulatory, bone marrow microenvironment, T cell, cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Current Cancer Drug Targets
Title: The Use of Thalidomide in Myeloma Therapy as an Effective Anticancer Drug
Volume: 6 Issue: 4
Author(s): Daniel M.-Y. Sze, Ross Brown, Shihong Yang, P. J. Ho, John Gibson and Douglas Joshua
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Keywords: Anti-Angiogenic, immunomodulatory, bone marrow microenvironment, T cell, cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Abstract: Thalidomide and its immunomodulatory derivatives have provided the most significant advance in the therapy of myeloma since the introduction of high dose chemotherapy followed by stem cell transplantation nearly 20 years ago. The mechanism of action of thalidomide is complex and involves many aspects of malignant plasma cell growth and bone marrow stromal cell microenvironment interaction. Thalidomide was first used because of its anti-angiogenic properties, however it is the immunomodulatory actions that involve increasing host tumour-specific immunosurveillance by both T cell and natural killer cells which may be the most important mode of action.
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Sze M.-Y. Daniel, Brown Ross, Yang Shihong, Ho J. P., Gibson John and Joshua Douglas, The Use of Thalidomide in Myeloma Therapy as an Effective Anticancer Drug, Current Cancer Drug Targets 2006; 6 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156800906777441762
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156800906777441762 |
Print ISSN 1568-0096 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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