Osteopontin expression and function: Rol
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David T. Denhardt; Masaki Noda
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The cytokine and cell attachment protein osteopontin (OPN) is not necessary for the development and survival of mice in a clean animal facility. The primary role of OPN appears to be that of facilitating recovery of the organism after injury or infection, which generally causes an increase in its ex