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SUBMITTER: van Meel E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3115509 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Meel Eline E Boonen Marielle M Zhao Haibo H Oorschot Viola V Ross F Patrick FP Kornfeld Stuart S Klumperman Judith J
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Osteoclasts are specialized cells that secrete lysosomal acid hydrolases at the site of bone resorption, a process critical for skeletal formation and remodeling. However, the cellular mechanism underlying this secretion and the organization of the endo-lysosomal system of osteoclasts have remained unclear. We report that osteoclasts differentiated in vitro from murine bone marrow macrophages contain two types of lysosomes. The major species is a secretory lysosome containing cathepsin K and tar ...[more]