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Evidence for an autocrine/paracrine role for interleukin-6 in bone resorption by giant cells from giant cell tumors of bone.
Endocrinology - 1 Nov 1992
Ohsaki Y, Takahashi S, Scarcez T, Demulder A, Nishihara T, Williams R, Roodman G D
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine whose role in osteoclastic bone resorption has not been clearly defined. Therefore, we have used giant cells, which express many features of osteoclasts, from giant cell tumors of bone as a model to examine the role that IL-6 may play in human osteoclastic bone resorption. We found that conditioned medium from 24-h cultures of highly purified giant cells...
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