Multiple Myeloma Macrophages: Pivotal Players in the Tumor Microenvironment

Macrophages and mesenchymal stromal cells support survival and proliferation of multiple myeloma cells

(2012) Jaehyup Kim et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY

Why don't we get more cancer? A proposed role of the microenvironment in restraining cancer progression

(2011) Mina J Bissell et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Increased Level of both CD4+FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells and CD14+HLA-DR−/low Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and Decreased Level of Dendritic Cells in Patients with Multiple Myeloma

(2010) M. K. Brimnes et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Macrophages are an abundant component of myeloma microenvironment and protect myeloma cells from chemotherapy drug-induced apoptosis

(2009) Y. Zheng et al.   BLOOD

Human embryonic stem cell-derived mesenchymal stromal cell transplantation in a rat hind limb injury model

(2009) Juha P. Laurila et al.   CYTOTHERAPY

Alternative Activation of Macrophages: An Immunologic Functional Perspective

(2008) Fernando O. Martinez et al.   Annual Review of Immunology