@prefix this: . @prefix sub: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix sio: . @prefix lld: . @prefix miriam-gene: . @prefix miriam-pubmed: . @prefix eco: . @prefix wi: . @prefix prov: . @prefix pav: . @prefix prv: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix np: . @prefix dgn-gda: . @prefix dgn-void: . sub:head { this: np:hasAssertion sub:assertion; np:hasProvenance sub:provenance; np:hasPublicationInfo sub:publicationInfo; a np:Nanopublication . } sub:assertion { dgn-gda:DGN23a244e7d097638aea4fff8827cb1d3f sio:SIO_000628 miriam-gene:8797, lld:C0238790; a sio:SIO_001121 . } sub:provenance { sub:assertion dcterms:description "[In bone metastases, tumor cells interact with the bone microenvironment to induce osteoclastogenesis, leading to bone destruction and the growth factor release.� RANK ligand (RANKL) is essential for osteoclast formation, function, and survival.� Tumor cell-mediated osteolysis is thought to occur ultimately via induction of RANKL within the bone stroma, and inhibition of RANKL in models of breast cancer bone metastases blocks tumor-induced osteolysis and reduces skeletal tumor burden.� In addition, the skeleton is co-opted by tumor cells and functions as a supportive tumor microenvironment.� Inhibition of RANKL, by reducing tumor-induced osteoclastogenesis, may reduce the local release of growth factors and calcium which may potentially enhance the anti-tumor activity of cytotoxic or direct tumor apoptotic agents.� Recombinant human Apo2 ligand/ TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (rhApo2L/TRAIL/dulanermin) is a dual pro-apoptotic receptor agonist that preferentially induces apoptosis in cancer cells versus normal cells.� We therefore examined RANKL inhibition (using RANK-Fc) in combination with rhApo2L/TRAIL on tumor-induced osteolysis and skeletal tumor burden in a murine intracardiac injection model of MDA-MB-231 breast carcinoma bone metastasis.� rhApo2L/TRAIL treatment resulted in a rapid reduction of skeletal tumor burden.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en; wi:evidence dgn-void:source_evidence_literature; sio:SIO_000772 miriam-pubmed:20150760; prov:wasDerivedFrom dgn-void:BEFREE; prov:wasGeneratedBy eco:ECO_0000203 . dgn-void:BEFREE pav:importedOn "2017-02-19"^^xsd:date . dgn-void:source_evidence_literature a eco:ECO_0000212; rdfs:comment "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en; rdfs:label "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en . } sub:publicationInfo { this: dcterms:created "2017-10-17T13:17:34+02:00"^^xsd:dateTime; dcterms:rights ; dcterms:rightsHolder dgn-void:IBIGroup; dcterms:subject sio:SIO_000983; prv:usedData dgn-void:disgenetv3.0rdf; pav:authoredBy , , , , ; pav:createdBy ; pav:version "v5.0.0.0" . dgn-void:disgenetv3.0rdf pav:version "v5.0.0" . }