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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Fenghuang Zhan
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-46816 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Yang Ye Y Shi Jumei J Tolomelli Giulia G Xu Hongwei H Xia Jiliang J Wang He H Zhou Wen W Zhou Yi Y Das Satyabrata S Gu Zhimin Z Levasseur Dana D Zhan Fenghuang F Tricot Guido G
Blood 20130711 8
We previously demonstrated that RARα2 expression is increased in CD138 selected plasma cells of relapsed multiple myelomas (MMs), and increased expression was linked to poor prognosis in newly diagnosed MM patients. In the present study, we demonstrate that increased RARα2 confers myeloma stem cell features. Higher expression of RARα2 was identified in the multiple myeloma stem cell (MMSC) fraction. Overexpression of RARα2 in bulk MM cell lines resulted in: 1) increased drug resistance; 2) incre ...[more]