• Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 Gene Therapy in Mice Inhibits Myeloma Tumor Growth, But Has a Negative Impact on Bone 

      Westhrin, Marita; Holien, Toril; Zahoor, Muhammad; Moen, Siv Helen; Buene, Glenn; Størdal, Berit Fladvad; Hella, Hanne; Yuan, Huipin; de Bruijn, Joost D; Martens, Anton; Groen, Richard WJ; Bosch, Fátima; Smith, Ulf; Sponaas, Anne-Marit; Sundan, Anders; Standal, Therese (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Multiple myeloma is characterized by accumulation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. Most patients suffer from an osteolytic bone disease, caused by increased bone degradation and reduced bone formation. Bone ...
    • Chemerin is elevated in multiple myeloma patients and is expressed by stromal cells and pre-adipocytes 

      Westhrin, Marita; Moen, Siv Helen; Kristensen, Ida Bruun; Buene, Glenn; Mylin, Anne Kærsgaard; Turesson, Ingemar; Abildgaard, Niels; Waage, Anders; Standal, Therese (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Chemerin is a recently discovered adipokine shown to be involved in both inflammatory and metabolic processes. Here, we demonstrate that chemerin serum levels are elevated in patients with multiple myeloma and that it ...
    • Hypoxia promotes IL-32 expression in myeloma cells, and high expression is associated with poor survival and bone loss 

      Zahoor, Muhammad; Westhrin, Marita; Aass, Kristin Roseth; Moen, Siv Helen; Misund, Kristine; Psonka-Antonczyk, Katarzyna Maria; Giliberto, Mariaserena; Buene, Glenn; Sundan, Anders; Waage, Anders; Sponaas, Anne-Marit; Standal, Therese (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematologic cancer characterized by expansion of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. Most patients develop an osteolytic bone disease, largely caused by increased osteoclastogenesis. The ...
    • Identification of the source of elevated hepatocyte growth factor levels in multiple myeloma patients 

      Rampa, Christoph Samuel; Tian, Erming; Våtsveen, Thea Kristin; Buene, Glenn; Slørdahl, Tobias Schmidt; Børset, Magne; Waage, Anders; Sundan, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Background Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a pleiotropic cytokine which can lead to cancer cell proliferation, migration and metastasis. In multiple myeloma (MM) patients it is an abundant component of the bone marrow. ...
    • Intracellular glutathione determines bortezomib cytotoxicity in multiple myeloma cells 

      Starheim, Kristian Kobbenes; Holien, Toril; Misund, Kristine; Johansson, Ida; Baranowska, Katarzyna Anna; Sponaas, Anne Marit; Hella, Hanne; Buene, Glenn; Waage, Anders; Sundan, Anders; Bjørkøy, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Multiple myeloma (myeloma in short) is an incurable cancer of antibody-producing plasma cells that comprise 13% of all hematological malignancies. The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib has improved treatment significantly, ...
    • Intracellular IL-32 regulates mitochondrial metabolism, proliferation, and differentiation of malignant plasma cells 

      Aass, Kristin Roseth; Mjelle, Robin; Kastnes, Martin Haugrud; Tryggestad, Synne Stokke; van den Brink, Luca M; Roseth, Ingrid Aass; Westhrin, Marita; Zahoor, Muhammad; Moen, Siv Helen; Nedal, Tonje Marie Vikene; Buene, Glenn; Misund, Kristine; Sponaas, Anne-Marit; Ma, Qianli; Sundan, Anders; Groen, Richard WJ; Slørdahl, Tobias Schmidt; Waage, Anders; Standal, Therese (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Interleukin-32 (IL-32) is a nonclassical cytokine expressed in cancers, inflammatory diseases, and infections. Its expression is regulated by two different oxygen sensing systems; HIF1α and cysteamine dioxygenase (ADO), ...
    • MYC amplifications in myeloma cell lines; correlation with MYC-inhibitor efficacy 

      Holien, Toril; Misund, Kristine; Olsen, Oddrun Elise; Baranowska, Katarzyna Anna; Buene, Glenn; Børset, Magne; Waage, Anders; Sundan, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      In multiple myeloma, elevated MYC expression is related to disease initiation and progression. We found that in myeloma cell lines, MYC gene amplifications were common and correlated with MYC mRNA and protein. In primary ...
    • Revealing the influence of electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V scaffolds on osteogenesis of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells 

      Ødegaard, Kristin Sirnes; Ouyang, Lingzi; Ma, Qianli; Buene, Glenn; Wan, Di; Elverum, Christer Westum; Torgersen, Jan; Standal, Therese; Westhrin, Marita (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Porous Titanium-6Aluminum-4Vanadium scaffolds made by electron beam-based additive manufacturing (AM) have emerged as state-of-the-art implant devices. However, there is still limited knowledge on how they influence the ...
    • The proportion of CD16+CD14dim monocytes increases with tumor cell load in bone marrow of patients with multiple myeloma 

      Sponaas, Anne-Marit; Moen, Siv Helen; Liabakk, Nina-Beate; Feyzi, Emadoldin; Holien, Toril; Kvam, Solveig; Grøseth, Lill Anny Gunnes; Størdal, Berit Fladvad; Buene, Glenn; Espevik, Terje; Waage, Anders; Standal, Therese; Sundan, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Multiple myeloma is an incurable cancer with expansion of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. Previous studies have shown that monocytes and macrophages in the bone marrow milieu are important for tumor growth ...