Complications of myeloma and its treatments

Plasma Cell Infiltration of the Kidney as a Manifestation of Myeloma: A Report of Three Cases. Kaur T et al. Indian J Nephrol. 2017 Sep-Oct;27(5):395-398. doi: 10.4103/ijn.IJN_215_16. Incidence of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients with Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Contrast-Enhanced Procedures. Crowley MP et al. Pathol Oncol Res. 2017 Sep 13. doi: 10.1007/s12253-017-0300-9. [Epub ahead of print]. Multiple Myeloma Presenting as Massive Amyloid Deposition in a Parathyroid…

Biology and genetics

Inhibition of the deubiquitinase USP5 leads to c-Maf protein degradation and myeloma cell apoptosis. Wang S et al. Cell Death Dis. 2017 Sep 21;8(9):e3058. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2017.450. The non-canonical poly(A) polymerase FAM46C acts as an onco-suppressor in multiple myeloma. Mroczek S et al. Nat Commun. 2017 Sep 20;8(1):619. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00578-5. Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase Inhibitors Target c-Myc and Arrest Melanoma, Myeloma and Lymphoma cells at S-phase. Dorasamy MS et al. J…