Inhibition of osteoclast differentiation
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Takashi Ishikawa; Masako Kamiyama; Nobuyuki Tani-Ishii; Hiroaki Suzuki; Yasushi
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract We confirmed the expression of cathepsin K, the most abundant and specific cysteine protease found in osteoclasts, at the mRNA level in most of our cases of breast cancer, and even at the protein level in bone metastatic lesions. Therefore, we investigated the functions of cathepsin K i