Researchers from Osaka University found that plasma cells expressing high levels of the protein integrin β7 and the ...

Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare disease that may present de novoor secondary to plasma cell myeloma. Advanced disease and extramedullary involvement are common clinical features at presentation.

Plasma cells originate in lymphoid (immune) tissues and then migrate to protected sites throughout the body, where they ...

Our bodies response to invading pathogens through different mechanisms of the immune system. Innate immunity first detects ...

Cell membranes protect and organize cells. All cells have an outer plasma membrane that regulates not only what enters the cell, but also how much of any given substance comes in. Unlike ...

There may be a link to autoimmune diseases, genetics, or environmental factors. Like multiple myeloma, MGUS starts in a type of white blood cell called plasma cells. These cells make m-protein. This ...

Plasma cells with characteristics of long-lived cells, and factors necessary for long term survival, are present in the salivary glands of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), report ...

In a study published today in the ExRNA journal, researchers from the Novosibirsk Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine have proved that pre-analytical variables, as blood plasma or ...

Oncologists are increasingly favoring CAR T-cell therapy’s early-line use in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma despite ...