The systemic cytokine environment is permanently altered in multiple myeloma.

Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable bone marrow malignancy of the B cell lineage. Utilizing multiplex Luminex technology we measured levels of 25 cytokines in the plasma of normal donors (n = 177), those with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (n = 8), and MM patients (n = 55) with...

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Main Authors: Mary M Zheng, Zhifang Zhang, Kyle Bemis, Andrew R Belch, Linda M Pilarski, John E Shively, Julia Kirshner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3609759?pdf=render