Thalidomide treatment down-regulates SDF
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Adriana Morgan Oliveira; Durvanei Augusto Maria; Martin Metzger; Camila Linardi;
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Article
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2009
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The chemokine stromal-derived factor-1alpha (SDF-1alpha) and its receptor CXCR4 are critically involved in directional migration and homing of plasma cells in multiple myeloma. Here, we show that the expression of SDF-1alpha and CXCR4 was significantly down-regulated in patients treated with thalido