Receptor becomes a ligand to control bone remodelling

Mone Zaidi () and Christopher P. Cardozo

Nature, 2018, vol. 561, issue 7722, 180-181

Abstract: The protein RANKL is released by bone-forming cells called osteoblasts, and binds to its receptor, RANK, on osteoclast cells to trigger bone removal. It emerges that the pathway can act in reverse to stimulate bone formation.

Keywords: Physiology; Cell biology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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