Glycosylationof Immunoglobulins Determine Bone Loss in Multiple Myeloma

About 80% of patients with multiple myeloma develop a severe osteolytic bone disease causing pain and fractures. The myeloma cells secrete immunoglobulins and the presence of monoclonal immunoglobulins in serum is a hallmark of the disease. Immunoglobulins play a role in bone loss, but have not been linked with the bone disease in multiple myeloma. In this work, we isolated immunoglobulins from serum of myeloma patients using protein G coupled...