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Absence of Dap12 and the αvβ3 integrin causes severe osteopetrosis.
The Journal of cell biology - 5 Jan 2015
Zou Wei, Teitelbaum Steven L
Abstract excerpt
In vitro, ligand occupancy of αvβ3 integrin induces phosphorylation of Dap12, which is essential for osteoclast function. Like mice deleted of only αvβ3, Dap12(-/-) mice exhibited a slight increase in bone mass, but Dap12(-/-) mice, lacking another ITAM protein, FcRγ, were severely osteopetrotic....
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