DKK1 has been shown to block WNT2-induced cell growth in cultured fibroblasts and the WNT2-induced increase in uncomplexed beta-catenin Of note with respect to the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, was the finding that production of DKK1, which inhibits osteoblast differentiation, is associated with the presence of osteolytic bone lesions in patients with multiple myeloma. The gene discussed is DKK1; the disease is plasma cell myeloma.