However, IFN-γ stimulation of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) specifically induced IDO in these cells, which may directly induce the apoptosis of myeloma cells by tryptophan depletion or the accumulation of tryptophan metabolites, being these effects abrogated by specific IDO inhibitors like 1-methyl-DL-Trp [197]. Here, IFNG is linked to plasma cell myeloma.