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Targeted disruption of the Cl-/HCO3- exchanger Ae2 results in osteopetrosis in mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 3 Feb 2009
Josephsen Kaj, Praetorius Jeppe, Frische Sebastian, Gawenis Lara R, Kwon Tae-Hwan, Agre Peter, Nielsen Søren, Fejerskov Ole
Abstract excerpt
Osteoclasts are multinucleated bone-resorbing cells responsible for constant remodeling of bone tissue and for maintaining calcium homeostasis. The osteoclast creates an enclosed space, a lacuna, between their ruffled border membrane and the mineralized bone. They extrude H(+) and Cl(-) into these lacunae by the combined action of vesicular H(+)-ATPases and ClC-7 exchangers to dissolve the hydroxyapatite of bone...
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