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Osteoclasts, no longer osteoblast slaves

Nature Medicine volume 12, pages 1356–1358 (2006)Cite this article

A protein has been identified that promotes the formation of osteoclasts, bone-degrading cells—while also inhibiting osteoblasts, bone-forming cells. The findings could lead to new avenues of drug development to strengthen bone (pages 1403–1409).

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Figure 1: Osteoclast-osteoblast interaction during bone remodeling.

Kim Caesar

Figure 2: Two multinucleated osteoclasts (stained red for tartrate-resistant phosphatase activity) with ruffled border membranes are resorbing the pale pink bone beneath and to their left.

B.F. Boyce

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