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SUBMITTER: Maitra R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3652267 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maitra Radhashree R Follenzi Antonia A Yaghoobian Arash A Montagna Cristina C Merlin Simone S Cannizzo Elvira S ES Hardin John A JA Cobelli Neil N Stanley E Richard ER Santambrogio Laura L
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20100625 3
Osteoclasts are resident cells of the bone that are primarily involved in the physiological and pathological remodeling of this tissue. Mature osteoclasts are multinucleated giant cells that are generated from the fusion of circulating precursors originating from the monocyte/macrophage lineage. During inflammatory bone conditions in vivo, de novo osteoclastogenesis is observed but it is currently unknown whether, besides increased osteoclast differentiation from undifferentiated precursors, oth ...[more]