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The deficiency of immunoregulatory receptor PD-1 causes mild osteopetrosis.
Bone - 1 Nov 2004
Nagahama K, Aoki K, Nonaka K, Saito H, Takahashi M, Varghese B J, Shimokawa H, Azuma M, Ohya K, Ohyama K
Abstract excerpt
Recently, the involvement of immune responses in metabolic bone disease and/or local bone destruction has received much attention. Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4), a member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily, negatively regulates T cell activation. The deficiency of CTLA-4 induces profound osteopenia with an increase in osteoclastogenesis, suggesting the important role of activated T...
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