Differences in the osteocyte-specific transcriptome in the presence of multiple-myeloma tumour burden

Skeletal homeostasis if profoundly altered in response to multiple-myeloma tumour burden. Osteocytes are pivotal regulatory cells in skeletal homeostasis. This dataset was used to examine the differences in the osteocyte-specific transcriptome that may underlie the changes in skeletal homeostasis that occur with multiple myeloma tumour burden. We performed total-RNA transcriptome sequencing on the isolated osteocytes from tumour-burdened and naive bone samples, as well as the marrow from these samples. With this experimental design we can identify genes that are changed specifically in osteocytes in the presence of multiple myeloma tumour burden.