ba0005p127 | Cancer and bone: basic, translational and clinical | ECTS2016
Brunetti Giacomina
, Belisario Dimas Carolina
, Alliod Valentina
, Buffoni Lucio
, Colucci Silvia
, Grano Maria
, Ferracini Riccardo
, Roato Ilaria
LIGHT is a TNF superfamily member, expressed by activated T cells. It is involved in erosive bone disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis where it stimulates osteoclastogenesis. In multiple myeloma, LIGHT promotes osteolysis by increasing osteoclastogenesis and inhibiting osteoblastogenesis. We investigated whether LIGHT has a role in the osteolytic bone metastatic process induced by non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which is a tumor with a marked osteotropism. We analysed by ...