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Correlation of sera TNF-α with percentage of bone marrow plasma cells, LDH, β2-microglobulin, and clinical stage in multiple myeloma

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Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is important for function, differentiation, and transformation of B-lymphocytes in multiple myeloma (MM) but can also induce apoptosis of myeloma cells. Based on this opposite effect, it is very crucial to analyze the correlation of the serum level of TNF-α with clinical parameters of the patients. In this article, we analyzed 18 MM patients, 48% male and 52% female, with a mean age of 52 yr (range: 35–81 yr), clinical stage I in 21.4%, stage II in 26.4%, and stage III in 52.2% of patients. Patients with advanced clinical stage, presence of osteolysis, and elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) had a significant difference (Mann-Whitney U-test, p<0.05) in the serum level of TNF-α in comparison with those in the early stage, without osteolysis, and normal LDH. The correlation of individual values of TNF-α with the percentage of plasma cells in the bone marrow, LDH, β2-microglobulin, fibrinogen, and sedimentation rate was significant (p<0.05). However, we have not found a significant correlation between TNF-α and concentration of hemoglobin, the number of white blood cells or platelets (p>0.05). We concluded that our data indicate determination of TNF-α as a good parameter for estimation of tumor mass presence, among individual patients with MM, and may by used for monitoring during application of different therapy protocols.

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    Vladimir Jurišić

  2. Institute for Hematology, School of Medicine University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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Jurišić, V., Čolović, M. Correlation of sera TNF-α with percentage of bone marrow plasma cells, LDH, β2-microglobulin, and clinical stage in multiple myeloma. Med Oncol 19, 133–139 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1385/MO:19:3:133

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