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SUBMITTER: Dou C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4746671 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dou Ce C Cao Zhen Z Yang Bo B Ding Ning N Hou Tianyong T Luo Fei F Kang Fei F Li Jianmei J Yang Xiaochao X Jiang Hong H Xiang Junyu J Quan Hongyu H Xu Jianzhong J Dong Shiwu S
Scientific reports 20160209
Bone is a dynamic organ continuously undergoing shaping, repairing and remodeling. The homeostasis of bone is maintained by the balance between osteoblastic bone formation and osteoclastic bone resorption. Osteoclasts (OCs) are specialized multinucleated cells derived from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) or monocytes/macrophage progenitor cells. There are different stages during osteoclastogenesis, and one of the most important steps to form functional osteoclasts is realized by cell-cell fusion ...[more]