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Abnormalities in bone cell function and endochondral ossification in the osteopetrotic toothless rat.
Bone - 1 Oct 1996
Seifert M F
Abstract excerpt
The toothless (tl) rat is an osteopetrotic mutation whose excess skeletal mass is produced by a defect in its skeletal microenvironment. Its skeletal sclerosis fails to be cured by bone marrow transplantation but is largely reversed by exogenous administration of colony stimulating factor 1 which increases osteoclast neogenesis and resorptive activity. Recent studies have also indicated abnormalities in growth...
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