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SUBMITTER: Zhou Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6712977 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Yu Y Xu Chao C Zhu Wei W He Hao H Zhang Lan L Tang Beisha B Zeng Yong Y Tian Qing Q Deng Hong-Wen HW
Calcified tissue international 20190509 2
<h4>Introduction</h4>Osteoporosis is a prevalent bone metabolic disease characterized by bone fragility. As a key pathophysiological mechanism, the disease is caused by excessive bone resorption (by osteoclasts) over bone formation (by osteoblasts). Peripheral blood monocytes (PBMs) is a major systemic cell model for bone metabolism by serving as progenitors of osteoclasts and producing cytokines important for osteoclastogenesis. Protein-coding genes for osteoporosis have been widely studied by ...[more]