—In patients with lung cancer, sequencing bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cell-free DNA is more sensitive for identifying genomic alterations than sequencing plasma cell-free BAL and may provide an ...

in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) and to analyze the concordance between CMV quantification in plasma and BAL samples.

Some of them become white blood cells, which are an important part of your body’s immune system. Plasma cells are a type of white blood cell. Normally, they make antibodies -- proteins to help ...

Citation: Tumor-infiltrating B cells and plasma cells influence early-stage lung cancer biology, immunotherapy responses (2022, September 13) retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://medicalxpress.com ...

Plasma cell leukemia is an aggressive form of cancer that occurs in the plasma of the bone marrow. It is a rare type of multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma happens when plasma cells in the bone ...

Engineered plasma cells show long-lasting antileukemic activity in mice Date: July 2, 2024 Source: Cell Press Summary: Researchers show for the first time that engineered human plasma B cells can ...

Just as a fire department mobilizes in response to a reported fire, specialized immune cells in the body mobilize in response to the introduction of foreign substances known as antigens.

Researchers headed by a team at Seattle Children’s Research Institute have shown for the first time that engineered human plasma B cells can be used to treat a disease—more specifically ...

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget, Volume 16, on March 21, 2025, titled "NSD2-epigenomic reprogramming and maintenance of plasma cell phenotype in t(4;14) myeloma." Researchers ...

Using daratumumab, a monoclonal antibody which targets specific immune cells known as plasma cells, the researchers were able to modulate the abnormal immunological memory processes found in these ...