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SUBMITTER: Zhu L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7603424 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhu Lingxin L Tang Yi Y Li Xiao-Yan XY Keller Evan T ET Yang Jingwen J Cho Jung-Sun JS Feinberg Tamar Y TY Weiss Stephen J SJ
Science translational medicine 20200201 529
Osteoclasts actively remodel both the mineral and proteinaceous components of bone during normal growth and development as well as pathologic states ranging from osteoporosis to bone metastasis. The cysteine proteinase cathepsin K confers osteoclasts with potent type I collagenolytic activity; however, cathepsin K-null mice, as well as cathepsin K-mutant humans, continue to remodel bone and degrade collagen by as-yet-undefined effectors. Here, we identify a cathepsin K-independent collagenolytic ...[more]