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SUBMITTER: Takegahara N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4751386 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takegahara Noriko N Kim Hyunsoo H Mizuno Hiroki H Sakaue-Sawano Asako A Miyawaki Atsushi A Tomura Michio M Kanagawa Osami O Ishii Masaru M Choi Yongwon Y
The Journal of biological chemistry 20151215 7
Osteoclasts are specialized polyploid cells that resorb bone. Upon stimulation with receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL), myeloid precursors commit to becoming polyploid, largely via cell fusion. Polyploidization of osteoclasts is necessary for their bone-resorbing activity, but the mechanisms by which polyploidization is controlled remain to be determined. Here, we demonstrated that in addition to cell fusion, incomplete cytokinesis also plays a role in osteoclast polyploidiza ...[more]