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The "Lost Caravaggio": a probable case of goiter in seventeenth-century Italy

Traversari, M; Rühli, F J; Gruppioni, G; Galassi, F M (2016). The "Lost Caravaggio": a probable case of goiter in seventeenth-century Italy. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 39(10):1203-1204.

Abstract

Most human cancers, including myeloma, are preceded by a precursor state. There is an unmet need for in vivo models to study the interaction of human preneoplastic cells in the bone marrow microenvironment with non-malignant cells. Here, we genetically humanized mice to permit the growth of primary human preneoplastic and malignant plasma cells together with non-malignant cells in vivo. Growth was largely restricted to the bone marrow, mirroring the pattern in patients with myeloma. Xenografts captured the genomic complexity of parental tumors and revealed additional somatic changes. Moreover, xenografts from patients with preneoplastic gammopathy showed progressive growth, suggesting that the clinical stability of these lesions may in part be due to growth controls extrinsic to tumor cells. These data demonstrate a new approach to investigate the entire spectrum of human plasma cell neoplasia and illustrate the utility of humanized models for understanding the functional diversity of human tumors.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, further contribution
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Evolutionary Medicine
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Life Sciences > Endocrinology
Language:English
Date:October 2016
Deposited On:07 Feb 2017 13:57
Last Modified:16 Mar 2025 02:36
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0391-4097
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-016-0492-y
PubMed ID:27278438

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