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. 2013 Feb 8;8(2):e55841. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055841

Figure 1. Schematic diagram depicting the interaction of multiple myeloma (MM) and stromal cells.

Figure 1

A. Very late antigen-4 (VLA-4, also known as integrin α4β1) is over expressed on MM cells. VLA-4 mediates myeloma cell adhesion to the bone marrow (BM) stroma through interactions with fibronectin, a glycoprotein of extracellular matrix (ECM) protein and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) protein expressed on bone marrow (BM) stromal cells. B. Structure of CB-TE1A1P-LLP2A.