Breast cancer cell-derived fibroblast growth factors enhance osteoclast activity and contribute to the formation of metastatic lesions

• Kelly Aukes,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Cynthia Forsman,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Nicholas J. Brady,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microbiology, Cancer Biology and Immunology Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Kristina Astleford,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Developmental and Surgical Science, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Nicholas Blixt,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Deepali Sachdev,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Eric D. Jensen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Biological Science, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Kim C. Mansky ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: schwe251@umn.edu (KLS); kmansky@umn.edu (KCM)

  Affiliations Developmental and Surgical Science, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Kathryn L. Schwertfeger

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: schwe251@umn.edu (KLS); kmansky@umn.edu (KCM)

  Affiliations Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9755-7774

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