Quantifying osteoblast and osteocyte apoptosis: Challenges and rewards

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1492-1501

  Jilka, Robert L ^a   Weinstein, Robert S ^a   Parfitt, A Michael ^a   Manolagas, Stavros C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bone formation; Osteoblasts; Osteocytes

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH FACTOR; INTEGRIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; HORMONE;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESPAN; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCYTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; HORMONES; HUMANS; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 38049068610     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.070518     Document Type: Review

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