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The osteoclast: A multinucleated, hematopoietic-origin, bone-resorbing osteoimmune cell

✍ Scribed by Zvi Bar-Shavit

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 81 KB
Volume: 104
Category: Article
ISSN: 0730-2312
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21702

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The osteoclast: A multinucleated, hematopoietic-origin, bone-resorbing osteoimmune cell

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## Abstract Osteoclasts are multinucleated cells that derive from hematopoietic progenitors in the bone marrow which also give rise to monocytes in peripheral blood, and to the various types of tissue macrophages. Osteoclasts are formed by the fusion of precursor cells. They function in bone resorp