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Bone osteoblastic and mesenchymal stromal cells lack primarily tumoral features in multiple myeloma patients

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by grants from Regione Emilia-Romagna (NG, VR), Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) (NG, AN), the International Myeloma Foundation Award 2009 (NG) and a fellowship from Fondazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro (FIRC) (LA).

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Science, Hematology and BMT, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

    N Giuliani, P Storti, G Sammarelli, S Colla, M Abeltino, M Bolzoni & V Rizzoli

  2. SC Laboratorio di Immunoreumatologia e Rigenerazione Tissutale, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    G Lisignoli, C Manferdini & E Gabusi

  3. Dipartimento di Patologia Umana ed Ereditaria, Sezione Biologia generale e Genetica Medica, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    F Novara & O Zuffardi

  4. Department of Experimental Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy

    N Zaffaroni & R Villa

  5. Department of Medical Sciences, Hematology 1-CTMO ‘Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico’, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    L Agnelli, K Todoerti & A Neri

  6. Oncoematologia Pediatrica, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

    M E Bernardo

  7. Cattedra di Ematologia, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy

    A Rocci & A Palumbo

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Giuliani, N., Lisignoli, G., Novara, F. et al. Bone osteoblastic and mesenchymal stromal cells lack primarily tumoral features in multiple myeloma patients. Leukemia 24, 1368–1370 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2010.96

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