RANKL/OPG; Critical role in bone physiology.

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After it was proposed that the osteoblast lineage controlled the formation of osteoclasts, cell culture methods were developed that established this to be the case. Evidence was obtained that cytokines and hormones that promote osteoclast formation act first on osteoblast lineage cells to promote the production of a membrane-bound regulator of osteoclastogenesis. This proved to be receptor activator of NF-kB...

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