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SERUM LEVELS OF SOLUBLE HLA CLASS-I MOLECULES, ICTP, AND RANKL AS PROGNOS-<br />

TIC PARAMETERS IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS<br />

P. Schutt, 1 V. Rebmann, 1 D. Brandhorst, 1 J. Wiefelspütz, 1 P. Ebeling, 1<br />

B. Opalka, 1 S. Seeber, 1 M.R. Nowrousian, 1 H. Grosse-Wilde, 2<br />

T. Moritz 1<br />

1 University <strong>of</strong> Essen, ESSEN, Germany; 2 Institute <strong>of</strong> Immunology, ESSEN, Ger-<br />

many<br />

Given <strong>the</strong> highly variable clinical course <strong>of</strong> multiple myeloma, <strong>the</strong><br />

analysis <strong>of</strong> prognostic parameters bears considerable clinical interest.<br />

We here have analyzed <strong>the</strong> clinical significance <strong>of</strong> serum levels <strong>of</strong> soluble<br />

HLA class I molecules (sHLA-I), carboxy-terminal telopeptide <strong>of</strong> type-<br />

I collagen (ICTP), and receptor activator <strong>of</strong> nuclear factor kappa B ligand<br />

(RANKL). sHLA-I (median, range in µg/L) were significantly (p

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