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Article

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors in Multiple Myeloma

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Myeloma Research Center-Brussels, Department of Hematology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
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Department of Toxicology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Hematol. Rev. 2009, 1(1), e9; https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2009.e9 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 9 February 2009 / Revised: 20 April 2009 / Accepted: 27 April 2009 / Published: 3 June 2009

Abstract

Novel drugs such as bortezomib and high dose chemotherapy combined with stem cell transplantation improved the outcome of multiple myeloma patients in the past decade. However, multiple myeloma often remains incurable due to the development of drug resistance governed by the bone marrow micro-environment. Therefore targeting new pathways to overcome this resistance is needed. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors represent a new class of anti-myeloma agents. Inhibiting HDACs results in histone hyperacetylation and alterations in chromatine structure, which, in turn, cause growth arrest differentiation and/or apoptosis in several tumor cells. Here we summarize the molecular actions of HDACi as a single agent or in combination with other drugs in different in vitro and in vivo myeloma models and in (pre)clinical trials.

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Deleu, S.; Menu, E.; Van Valckenborgh, E.; Van Camp, B.; Fraczek, J.; Vande Broek, I.; Rogiers, V.; Vanderkerken, K. Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors in Multiple Myeloma. Hematol. Rev. 2009, 1, e9. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2009.e9

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Deleu S, Menu E, Van Valckenborgh E, Van Camp B, Fraczek J, Vande Broek I, Rogiers V, Vanderkerken K. Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors in Multiple Myeloma. Hematology Reviews. 2009; 1(1):e9. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2009.e9

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Deleu, Sarah, Eline Menu, Els Van Valckenborgh, Ben Van Camp, Joanna Fraczek, Isabelle Vande Broek, Vera Rogiers, and Karin Vanderkerken. 2009. "Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors in Multiple Myeloma" Hematology Reviews 1, no. 1: e9. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2009.e9

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