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Tunis Med
January 2025
Department of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation, Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.
Introduction: Immunoglobulin D (IgD) myeloma is a rare subtype often described as aggressive with advanced disease at diagnosis. Primary renal involvement is seen in scarce cases.
Observation: This case features a 55-year-old man with IgD lambda myeloma presenting severe renal failure at diagnosis.
Clin Exp Med
January 2025
Stem Cell Immunity and Regeneration Key Laboratory of Luzhou, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Purpose: STING (stimulator of interferon genes) is involved in viral and bacterial defense through interferon pathway and innate immunity. Increased susceptibility to infection is a common manifestation of multiple myeloma (MM). Thus, we aimed to explore the clinical significance and possible mechanism of STING in MM.
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November 2024
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Shanghai General Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Background: Patients with hematological malignancies are at high-risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Oral vancomycin is a first-line treatment for CDI. Vancomycin has been widely reported to induce flushing syndrome (also known as Red man syndrome), a well-known hypersensitivity reaction mostly occurs after intravenous administration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare complication of multiple myeloma (MM), with limited data available on its incidence, clinical presentation, and treatment. The underlying mechanisms linking MM and HLH remain unclear, including the potential role of MM treatment agents in triggering HLH.
Methods: This case report presents a patient with MM who developed HLH while on lenalidomide maintenance therapy.
J Transl Med
January 2025
Department of Hematology, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200127, China.
Background: Targeting exportin1 (XPO1) with Selinexor (SEL) is a promising therapeutic strategy for patients with multiple myeloma (MM). However, intrinsic and acquired drug resistance constitute great challenges. SEL has been reported to promote the degradation of XPO1 protein in tumor cells.
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