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Studies of OC-STAMP in Osteoclast Fusion: A New Knockout Mouse Model, Rescue of Cell Fusion, and Transmembrane Topology.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Witwicka Hanna, Hwang Sung-Yong, Reyes-Gutierrez Pablo, Jia Hong, Odgren Paul E, Donahue Leah Rae, Birnbaum Mark J, Odgren Paul R
Abstract excerpt
The fusion of monocyte/macrophage lineage cells into fully active, multinucleated, bone resorbing osteoclasts is a complex cell biological phenomenon that utilizes specialized proteins. OC-STAMP, a multi-pass transmembrane protein, has been shown to be required for pre-osteoclast fusion and for o...
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