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Absence of sclerostin adversely affects B-cell survival.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Jul 2012
Cain Corey J, Rueda Randell, McLelland Bryce, Collette Nicole M, Loots Gabriela G, Manilay Jennifer O
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Increased osteoblast activity in sclerostin-knockout (Sost(-/-)) mice results in generalized hyperostosis and bones with small bone marrow cavities resulting from hyperactive mineralizing osteoblast populations. Hematopoietic cell fate decisions are dependent on their local microenvironment, which contains osteoblast and stromal cell populations that support both hematopoietic stem cell quiescence and facilitate...
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