Decrease in the osteocyte lacunar density accompanied by hypermineralized lacunar occlusion reveals failure and delay of remodeling in aged human bone

Aging Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1065-1075

  Busse, Björn ^a,b   Djonic, Danijela ^a,c   Milovanovic, Petar ^a,c   Hahn, Michael ^a   Püschel, Klaus ^a   Ritchie, Robert O ^b   Djuric, Marija ^c   Amling, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Bone histomorphometry; Electron microscopy; Microanalysis; Osteocyte death

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE REMODELING; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCYTES;

EID: 78249262917     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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