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SUBMITTER: Chen S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4523876 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Shuai S Jin Gu G Huang Kang-Mao KM Ma Jian-Jun JJ Wang Qiang Q Ma Yan Y Tang Xiao-Zhen XZ Zhou Zhi-Jie ZJ Hu Zhi-Jun ZJ Wang Ji-Ying JY Qin An A Fan Shun-Wu SW
Scientific reports 20150804
Osteoclasts play an important role in diseases involving bone loss. In this study, we assessed the effect of a plant-derived natural alkaloid (lycorine, or LY) on osteoclastogenesis in vitro and in vivo. Our in vitro study showed that receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL)-induced osteoclastogenesis could be inhibited by LY; this effect was due to inhibition of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling via MAP kinase kinases (MKKs). The MAPK agonist anisomycin could part ...[more]