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Macrophage colony-stimulating factor restores bone resorption in op/op bone in vitro in conjunction with parathyroid hormone or 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Mar 1994
Morohashi T, Corboz V A, Fleisch H, Cecchini M G, Felix R
Abstract excerpt
The in vivo administration of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) restores osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption in the op/op murine osteopetrosis. In vitro, exogenous M-CSF has been shown to be necessary for the generation of osteoclast-like cells in cocultures of hematopoietic and mesenchymal cells obtained from this mutant. In this study we investigated the capacity of M-CSF and other cytokines and...
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