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@article{1389451, author = {Steiner, Normann and Hajek, Roman and Ševčíková, Sabina and Borjan, Bojana and Jöhrer, Karin and Göbel, Georg and Untergasser, Gerold and Gunsilius, Eberhard}, article_location = {San Francisco}, article_number = {7}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181487}, keywords = {Multiple myeloma}, language = {eng}, issn = {1932-6203}, journal = {Plos one}, title = {High levels of FLT3-ligand in bone marrow and peripheral blood of patients with advanced multiple myeloma}, volume = {12}, year = {2017} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1389451 AU - Steiner, Normann - Hajek, Roman - Ševčíková, Sabina - Borjan, Bojana - Jöhrer, Karin - Göbel, Georg - Untergasser, Gerold - Gunsilius, Eberhard PY - 2017 TI - High levels of FLT3-ligand in bone marrow and peripheral blood of patients with advanced multiple myeloma JF - Plos one VL - 12 IS - 7 SP - 1-14 EP - 1-14 PB - Public Library of Science SN - 19326203 KW - Multiple myeloma N2 - Introduction Multiple myeloma (MM) is still incurable due to resistance against various therapies. Thus, the identification of biomarkers predicting progression is urgently needed. Here, we evaluated four biomarkers in bone marrow and peripheral blood of MM patients for their prognostic significance. Materials & methods Bone marrow- and peripheral blood plasma levels of FLT3-L, soluble TIE2, endostatin, and osteoactivin were determined in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS, n = 14/n = 4), patients with newly diagnosed MM (NDMM, n = 42/n = 31) and patients with relapsed/refractory MM (RRMM, n = 27/n = 16) by sandwich ELISA. Results Median FLT3-L expression increased from MGUS (58.77 pg/ml in bone marrow; 80.40 pg/ml in peripheral blood) to NDMM (63.15 pg/ml in bone marrow; 85.05 pg/ml in peripheral blood) and was maximal in RRMM (122 pg/ml in bone marrow; 160.47 pg/ml in peripheral blood; NDMM vs. RRMM p<0.001). A cut-off value of FLT3-L >92 pg/ml in bone marrow and >121 pg/ml in peripheral blood was associated with relapse or refractoriness in MM patients. FLT3-L was found to be a high predictive marker for discrimination between NDMM and RRMM as well in bone marrow as in peripheral blood (AUC 0.75 in bone marrow; vs 0.84 in peripheral blood). Conclusion High levels of FLT3-L in bone marrow and peripheral blood of MM patients identify patients with progressive disease and are associated with relapse or refractoriness in MM patients. FLT3-L could be useful as a marker to identify RRMM patients and should be evaluated as target for future therapies. ER -
STEINER, Normann, Roman HAJEK, Sabina ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, Bojana BORJAN, Karin JÖHRER, Georg GÖBEL, Gerold UNTERGASSER and Eberhard GUNSILIUS. High levels of FLT3-ligand in bone marrow and peripheral blood of patients with advanced multiple myeloma. \textit{Plos one}. San Francisco: Public Library of Science, 2017, vol.~12, No~7, p.~1-14. ISSN~1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181487.
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