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Characterization of cells cultured from human giant-cell tumors of bone. Phenotypic relationship to the monocyte-macrophage and osteoclast.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research - 1 Sept 1990
Komiya S, Sasaguri Y, Inoue A, Nakashima M, Yamamoto S, Yanagida I, Morimatsu M
Abstract excerpt
Cell culture techniques were used to clarify the histogenesis of giant-cell tumor of bone. Even after passage, nearly all of the mononuclear cells possessed tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase and receptors for eel calcitonin, which are both phenotypic markers for osteoclasts. Eel calcitonin produced an increase in the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) content of the mononuclear cells. More than 90% of...
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