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The development of osteolytic breast cancer bone metastases relies on the ability of tumor cells to stimulate the formation of bone-resorbing osteoclasts. We have studied the effects of soluble factors produced by MDA-MB-231 breast carcinoma cells on osteoclast formation from human monocytic precursors and RAW 264.7 monocytic cells. Although factors produced by breast cancer cells were ineffective...