Samuel A Danziger, Mark McConnell, Jake Gockley, Mary H Young, Adam Rosenthal, Frank Schmitz, David J Reiss, Phil Farmer, Daisy V Alapat, Amrit Singh, Cody Ashby, Michael Bauer, Yan Ren, Kelsie Smith, Suzana S Couto, Frits van Rhee, Faith Davies, Maurizio Zangari, Nathan Petty, Robert Z Orlowski, Madhav V Dhodapkar, Wilbert B Copeland, Brian Fox, Antje Hoering, Alison Fitch, Katie Newhall, Bart Barlogie, Matthew W B Trotter, Robert M Hershberg, Brian A Walker, Andrew P Dervan, Alexander V Ratushny, Gareth J Morgan
BACKGROUND: The tumor microenvironment (TME) is increasingly appreciated as an important determinant of cancer outcome, including in multiple myeloma (MM). However, most myeloma microenvironment studies have been based on bone marrow (BM) aspirates, which often do not fully reflect the cellular content of BM tissue itself. To address this limitation in myeloma research, we systematically characterized the whole bone marrow (WBM) microenvironment during premalignant, baseline, on treatment, and post-treatment phases...
November 2020: PLoS Medicine