B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) in multiple myeloma: rationale for targeting and current therapeutic approaches

N Shah, A Chari, E Scott, K Mezzi, SZ Usmani - Leukemia, 2020 - nature.com
Despite considerable advances in the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) in the last
decade, a substantial proportion of patients do not respond to current therapies or have a …

Emerging cellular therapies for cancer

S Guedan, M Ruella, CH June - Annual review of immunology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Genetically engineered T cells are powerful new medicines, offering hope for curative
responses in patients with cancer. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells were recently …

Four-year follow-up of LCAR-B38M in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: a phase 1, single-arm, open-label, multicenter study in China (LEGEND-2)

WH Zhao, BY Wang, LJ Chen, WJ Fu, J Xu… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background LCAR-B38M is a chimeric antigen receptor T cell product with two
binding domains targeting B cell maturation antigen. Our previous reports showed a …

TIGIT immune checkpoint blockade restores CD8+ T-cell immunity against multiple myeloma

C Guillerey, H Harjunpää, N Carrié… - Blood, The Journal …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Immune-based therapies hold promise for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), but so
far, immune checkpoint blockade targeting programmed cell death protein 1 has not proven …

Anti-BCMA CAR T-cell therapy in multiple myeloma: can we do better?

M D'Agostino, N Raje - Leukemia, 2020 - nature.com
Despite a substantial survival improvement and the availability of many new drugs in the last
2 decades, multiple myeloma (MM) remains largely incurable. Immunotherapeutic …

COVID-19 infections and clinical outcomes in patients with multiple myeloma in New York City: a cohort study from five academic centers

M Hultcrantz, J Richter, CA Rosenbaum… - Blood cancer …, 2020 - aacrjournals.org
Patients with multiple myeloma have a compromised immune system, due to both the
disease and antimyeloma therapies, and may therefore be particularly susceptible to COVID …

Role of immune cells and immunotherapy in multiple myeloma

V Radhakrishnan, U Golla, AK Kudva - Life, 2024 - mdpi.com
The clinical signs of multiple myeloma, a plasma cell (PC) dyscrasia, include bone loss,
renal damage, and paraproteinemia. It can be defined as the uncontrolled growth of …

CD38 as an immunotherapeutic target in multiple myeloma

F Bonello, M D'Agostino, M Moscvin… - Expert opinion on …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a currently incurable hematologic tumor with
heterogeneous clinical behavior and prognosis. During the last years, survival improved due …

[HTML][HTML] Novel CS1 CAR-T cells and bispecific CS1-BCMA CAR-T cells effectively target multiple myeloma

V Golubovskaya, H Zhou, F Li, R Berahovich, J Sun… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological cancer caused by abnormal proliferation of
plasma cells in the bone marrow, and novel types of treatment are needed for this deadly …

CAR-T cells based on novel BCMA monoclonal antibody block multiple myeloma cell growth

R Berahovich, H Zhou, S Xu, Y Wei, J Guan, J Guan… - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
The cell-surface protein B cell maturation antigen (BCMA, CD269) has emerged as a
promising target for CAR-T cell therapy for multiple myeloma. In order to create a novel …