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Osteoclast-like cell formation by circulating myeloma B lymphocytes: role of RANK-L.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Feb 2004
Calvani Nicola, Silvestris Franco, Cafforio Paola, Dammacco Franco
Abstract excerpt
Excessive bone resorption in multiple myeloma (MM), a malignancy of B lymphoid origin, is mediated through osteoclasts, which respond to local osteoclast-activating factors produced by tumor cells within the bone marrow microenvironment. Direct bone resorption by myeloma cells is investigated in the present study, since a connection between B lymphocytes and osteoclast differentiation pathways has been recently...
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