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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Fang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7839214 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Military Medical Research 20210127 1
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common hematologic malignancy, and is characterized by the clonal expansion of malignant plasma cells. Despite the recent improvement in patient outcome due to the use of novel therapeutic agents and stem cell transplantation, all patients eventually relapse due to clone evolution. B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) is highly expressed in and specific for MM cells, and has been implicated in the pathogenesis as well as treatment development for MM. In this ...[more]