Autocrine generation and requirement of BSF-2/IL-6 for human multiple myelomas

Isolation of biologically active ribonucleic acid from sources enriched in ribonuclease

1979 • 22,482 citations

A clinical staging system for multiple myeloma correlation of measured myeloma cell mass with presenting clinical features, response to treatment, and survival

1975 • 3,051 citations

Complementary DNA for a novel human interleukin (BSF-2) that induces B lymphocytes to produce immunoglobulin

1986 • 2,137 citations

Interferon beta 2/B-cell stimulatory factor type 2 shares identity with monocyte-derived hepatocyte-stimulating factor and regulates the major acute phase protein response in liver cells.

1987 • 1,667 citations

Autocrine growth factors and cancer

1985 • 1,462 citations

Autocrine Secretion and Malignant Transformation of Cells

1980 • 1,370 citations

Bombesin-like peptides can function as autocrine growth factors in human small-cell lung cancer

1985 • 1,360 citations

Identification of the human 26-kD protein, interferon beta 2 (IFN-beta 2), as a B cell hybridoma/plasmacytoma growth factor induced by interleukin 1 and tumor necrosis factor.

1987 • 690 citations

Purification to homogeneity and characterization of human B-cell differentiation factor (BCDF or BSFp-2).

1985 • 679 citations

Induction of β2-interferon by tumor necrosis factor: A homeostatic mechanism in the control of cell proliferation

1986 • 577 citations

Structure and expression of human B cell stimulatory factor-2 (BSF-2/IL-6) gene.

1987 • 509 citations

Structure and expression of cDNA and genes for human interferon-beta-2, a distinct species inducible by growth-stimulatory cytokines.

1986 • 505 citations

A Macrophage-Derived Factor Required by Plasmacytomas for Survival and Proliferation in Vitro

1986 • 391 citations

Human B-cell differentiation factor defined by an anti-peptide antibody and its possible role in autoantibody production.

1987 • 363 citations

B-cell-stimulatory factor 2 (beta 2 interferon) functions as a second signal for interleukin 2 production by mature murine T cells.

1987 • 357 citations

Structural analysis of the sequence coding for an inducible 26‐kDa protein in human fibroblasts

1986 • 343 citations

Receptors for B cell stimulatory factor 2. Quantitation, specificity, distribution, and regulation of their expression.

1987 • 320 citations

Induction of Plasma-Cell Neoplasms in Strain BALB/c Mice with Mineral Oil and Mineral Oil Adjuvants

1962 • 311 citations

Recombinant human B cell stimulatory factor 2 (BSF‐2/IFN‐β2) regulates β‐fibrinogen and albumin mRNA levels in Fao‐9 cells

1987 • 299 citations

Transforming protein of simian sarcoma virus stimulates autocrine growth of SSV-transformed cells through PDGF cell-surface receptors

1984 • 277 citations

B cell growth modulating and differentiating activity of recombinant human 26-kd protein (BSF-2, HuIFN-beta 2, HPGF).

1987 • 220 citations

Absence of antiviral activity in recombinant B cell stimulatory factor 2 (BSF-2)

1988 • 87 citations