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SUBMITTER: Westhrin M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001014 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Westhrin Marita M Moen Siv Helen SH Kristensen Ida Bruun IB Buene Glenn G Mylin Anne Kærsgaard AK Turesson Ingemar I Abildgaard Niels N Waage Anders A Standal Therese T
Biomarker research 20180614
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 increases with disease progression. We found that chemerin is expressed by stromal cells and preadipocytes, whereas its receptor CCRL2 is expressed by primary myeloma cells, suggesting a paracrine signaling loop between bone marrow stromal cells/adipocytes and myeloma cells. This i ...[more]