Review Article

Biological Activity of Lenalidomide and Its Underlying Therapeutic Effects in Multiple Myeloma

Table 1

“Crosstalk” between PC and BMSC.

Adhesion molecules
Very late activation antigens-4 (VLA-4)
Lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1)
Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1)
Intercellular adhesion molocule-1 (ICAM-1)
Syndecan-1

Cytokines
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)
Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2)
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)
Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1)
Interleukin-6 (IL-6)
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1)

Proteasi
Matrix metalloproteinases -2 and -9 (MMP-2 e MMP-9)

Chemokine
Macrophage inflammatory protein-1 (MIP-1)
Stromal derived factor-1 (SDF-1)