A Model for mechanotransduction in bone
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Fred M. Pavalko; Suzanne M. Norvell; David B. Burr; Charles H. Turner; Randall L
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The skeleton's response to mechanical force, or load, has significance to space travel, the treatment of osteoporosis, and orthodontic appliances. How bone senses and processes load remains largely unknown. The cellular basis of mechanotransduction, however, likely involves the integrat