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SUBMITTER: Brunetti G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4350341 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brunetti Giacomina G Rizzi Rita R Oranger Angela A Gigante Isabella I Mori Giorgio G Taurino Grazia G Mongelli Teresa T Colaianni Graziana G Di Benedetto Adriana A Tamma Roberto R Ingravallo Giuseppe G Napoli Anna A Faienza Maria Felicia MF Mestice Anna A Curci Paola P Specchia Giorgina G Colucci Silvia S Grano Maria M
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LIGHT, a TNF superfamily member, is involved in T-cell homeostasis and erosive bone disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Herein, we investigated whether LIGHT has a role in Multiple Myeloma (MM)-bone disease. We found that LIGHT was overproduced by CD14+ monocytes, CD8+ T-cells and neutrophils of peripheral blood and bone marrow (BM) from MM-bone disease patients. We also found that LIGHT induced osteoclastogenesis and inhibited osteoblastogenesis. In cultures from healthy-donors, LIGHT ...[more]