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[Cytokines in bone diseases. Genetic disorders of RANKL-RANK-OPG system].
Clinical calcium - 1 Oct 2010
Tokuyama Naoto, Tanaka Sakae
Abstract excerpt
It is now widely recognized that the RANKL-RANK-OPG signaling system plays an important role in the differentiation, activation and cell death of osteoclasts. Recently, several genetic disorders involving the RANKL-RANK-OPG system have been discovered. In this article, we would like to show a brief review on a genetic disorder familial expansile osteolysis (FEO) , in which RANK gene mutation was identified, and...
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