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SUBMITTER: Park-Min KH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2742169 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park-Min Kyung-Hyun KH Ji Jong-Dae JD Antoniv Taras T Reid Alicia C AC Silver Randi B RB Humphrey Mary Beth MB Nakamura Mary M Ivashkiv Lionel B LB
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20090722 4
Induction of effective osteoclastogenesis by RANK (receptor activator of NF-kappaB) requires costimulation by ITAM-coupled receptors. In humans, the TREM-2 (triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2) ITAM-coupled receptor plays a key role in bone remodeling, as patients with TREM-2 mutations exhibit defective osteoclastogenesis and bone lesions. We have identified a new rapidly induced costimulatory pathway for RANK signaling that is dependent on TREM-2 and mediated by calcium signaling. ...[more]