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SUBMITTER: Morrison NA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9224710 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Morrison Nigel A NA Forwood Mark R MR
Life (Basel, Switzerland) 20220526 6
In vitro osteoclast methods require constant treatment with macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) to support precursor survival and addition of the differentiation agent receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL). Constant exposure to granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) suppresses human osteoclast formation in vitro. Addition of the chemokine monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP1) to such cultures dramatically increases osteoclast formation and overcomes GM-CSF mediat ...[more]