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SUBMITTER: Shaffer AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2542904 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shaffer Arthur L AL Emre N C Tolga NC Lamy Laurence L Ngo Vu N VN Wright George G Xiao Wenming W Powell John J Dave Sandeep S Yu Xin X Zhao Hong H Zeng Yuxin Y Chen Bangzheng B Epstein Joshua J Staudt Louis M LM
Nature 20080622 7201
The transcription factor IRF4 (interferon regulatory factor 4) is required during an immune response for lymphocyte activation and the generation of immunoglobulin-secreting plasma cells. Multiple myeloma, a malignancy of plasma cells, has a complex molecular aetiology with several subgroups defined by gene expression profiling and recurrent chromosomal translocations. Moreover, the malignant clone can sustain multiple oncogenic lesions, accumulating genetic damage as the disease progresses. Cur ...[more]