Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 3, 2026

Identifying Bone Marrow Microenvironmental Populations in Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Published on: November 10, 2023
The bone marrow niche in Waldenström's macroglobulinemia
Irene M Ghobrial1, Yong Zhang, Yang Liu
1Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA. irene_ghobrial@dfci.harvard.edu
Abstract:
The widespread involvement of the bone marrow with tumor cells indicates that there is continuous cell trafficking of WM cells in and out of the bone marrow leading to cell dissemination in the bone marrow and in the lymph nodes in many patients with WM. The interaction of the WM cells with the bone marrow is critical for the regulation of cell proliferation, cell cycle, drug resistance as well as cell dissemination and trafficking. Advances in understanding the interaction of the tumor clone with the BM microenvironment have led to the development of therapeutic agents that not only target the tumor clone but also regulate the bone marrow microenvironment. Here, we review the role of the cellular and liquid bone marrow compartments in the regulation of cell proliferation and dissemination in WM.
Related Concept Videos
Stem Cell Niche
Bone Marrow Sampling and Transplants
The transplant begins with high doses of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, which aim to destroy the...
Differentiation of Common Myeloid Progenitor Cells

