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SUBMITTER: Takeshita S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3754269 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takeshita Sunao S Fumoto Toshio T Matsuoka Kazuhiko K Park Kyoung-ae KA Aburatani Hiroyuki H Kato Shigeaki S Ito Masako M Ikeda Kyoji K
The Journal of clinical investigation 20130801 9
Bone remodeling is characterized by the sequential, local tethering of osteoclasts and osteoblasts and is key to the maintenance of bone integrity. While bone matrix-mobilized growth factors, such as TGF-β, are proposed to regulate remodeling, no in vivo evidence exists that an osteoclast-produced molecule serves as a coupling factor for bone resorption to formation. We found that CTHRC1, a protein secreted by mature bone-resorbing osteoclasts, targets stromal cells to stimulate osteogenesis. Ct ...[more]