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A novel nonosteocytic regulatory mechanism of bone modeling

Citation:

Ofer, L. ; Dean, M. N. ; Zaslansky, P. ; Kult, S. ; Shwartz, Y. ; Zaretsky, J. ; Griess-Fishheimer, S. ; Monsonego-Ornan, E. ; Zelzer, E. ; Shahar, R. . A Novel Nonosteocytic Regulatory Mechanism Of Bone Modeling. PLOS Biology 2019, 17, e3000140 - .

Date Published:

2019/02/01

Abstract:

Bone’s ability to change its morphology in response to load is widely attributed to osteocytes. A study of fish shows that bone can respond to load even in the absence of osteocytes, using a molecular mechanism that is conserved across vertebrates, albeit with different cellular effectors.

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