Publications by authors named "Nancy Parquet"
Article Synopsis
- - Melanoma cases have risen over the years, remaining a major cause of cancer deaths despite treatment improvements; understanding the demographic differences in mortality is key for effective interventions.
- - An analysis of melanoma deaths in the U.S. from 1999 to 2020 revealed a decline in the age-adjusted mortality rate, with higher rates in men, older individuals, and non-Hispanic Whites; significant disparities exist between rural and urban populations.
- - The findings suggest advancements in diagnosis and treatment have contributed to improved outcomes since 2013, but ongoing disparities highlight the need for focused efforts in screening and education to reduce melanoma mortality rates.
The tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) commonly infests wild and pet rodents, but they are not host specific. Bodily contact with wild or domesticated rodents is the most common source of infestation. Mites can live off many mammal hosts for a long period of time; therefore, living in quarters infested by mice can lead to mite exposure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: In myeloma, B cells and plasma cells show a clonal relationship. Clonotypic B cells may represent a tumor-initiating compartment or cancer stem cell responsible for minimal residual disease in myeloma.
Experimental Design: We report a study of 58 patients with myeloma at time of diagnosis or relapse.
Objectives: Hematopoietic stroma promotes resistance to immune control by APO2L/TRAIL in multiple myeloma (MM) cells in part by increasing synthesis of the anti-apoptotic protein c-FLIP. Here, we tested whether bortezomib can reverse the APO2L/TRAIL environmental mediated-immune resistance (EM-IR).
Material And Methods: MM cell lines (RPMI 8226 and U266) and CD138+ patient's MM cells were directly adhered to HS5 stroma exposed to HS5 or bone marrow stroma of patients with MM released soluble factors in a transwell system.
Background: The SH2-containing-5'inositol phosphatase-1 (SHIP) influences signals downstream of cytokine/chemokine receptors that play a role in megakaryocytopoiesis, including thrombopoietin, stromal-cell-derived-Factor-1/CXCL-12 and interleukin-3. We hypothesize that SHIP might control megakaryocytopoiesis through effects on proliferation of megakaryocyte progenitors (MKP) and megakaryocytes (MK).
Methodology And Principal Findings: Herein, we report the megakaryocytic phenotype and MK functional assays of hematopoietic organs of two strains of SHIP deficient mice with deletion of the SHIP promoter/first exon or the inositol phosphatase domain.
Apo2 ligand (Apo2L)/TRAIL induces apoptosis of cancer cells that express the specific receptors while sparing normal cells. Because the tumor microenvironment protects myeloma from chemotherapy, we investigated whether hemopoietic stroma induces resistance to Apo2L/TRAIL apoptosis in this disease. Apo2L/TRAIL-induced death was diminished in myeloma cell lines (RPMI 8226, U266, and MM1s) directly adhered to a human immortalized HS5 stroma cell line but not adhered to fibronectin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIt has been established in preclinical models of multiple myeloma and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that the bone marrow microenvironment provides protection from chemotherapy- and death receptor-mediated apoptosis. This form of resistance, termed de novo drug resistance, occurs independent of chronic exposure to cancer-related therapies and likely promotes the development of multidrug resistance. Consequently, it is of major interest to identify compounds or drug combinations that can overcome environment-mediated resistance.
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