Biological Background of Resistance to Current Standards of Care in Multiple Myeloma

A high priority problem in multiple myeloma (MM) management is the development of resistance to administered therapies, with most myeloma patients facing successively shorter periods of response and relapse. Herewith, we review the current knowledge on the mechanisms of resistance to the standard ba...

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Autores: Mogollón, Pedro, Díaz Tejedor, Andrea, Algarín, Esperanza M., Paíno, Teresa, Garayoa, Mercedes, Ocio San Miguel, Enrique María|||0000-0002-5765-0085
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/21519
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/21519
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Multiple Myeloma
Resistance
Proteasome Inhibitors
Immunomodulatory Agents
Monoclonal Antibodies
Resensitization
Descrição
Resumo:A high priority problem in multiple myeloma (MM) management is the development of resistance to administered therapies, with most myeloma patients facing successively shorter periods of response and relapse. Herewith, we review the current knowledge on the mechanisms of resistance to the standard backbones in MM treatment: proteasome inhibitors (PIs), immunomodulatory agents (IMiDs), and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). In some cases, strategies to overcome resistance have been discerned, and an effort should be made to evaluate whether resensitization to these agents is feasible in the clinical setting. Additionally, at a time in which we are moving towards precision medicine in MM, it is equally important to identify reliable and accurate biomarkers of sensitivity/refractoriness to these main therapeutic agents with the goal of having more efficacious treatments and, if possible, prevent the development of relapse.