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SUBMITTER: Notomi T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3471725 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Notomi Takuya T Ezura Yoichi Y Noda Masaki M
The Journal of biological chemistry 20120725 42
Osteoclast differentiation is one of the critical steps that control bone mass levels in osteoporosis, but the molecules involved in osteoclastogenesis are still incompletely understood. Here, we show that two-pore channel 2 (TPC2) is expressed in osteoclast precursor cells, and its knockdown (TPC2-KD) in these cells suppressed RANKL-induced key events including multinucleation, enhancement of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) activities, and TRAP mRNA expression levels. With respect to ...[more]