Regulation of Osteoclast Growth and Fusion by mTOR/raptor and mTOR/rictor/Akt
Osteoclasts are giant bone cells formed by fusion from monocytes and uniquely capable of a complete destruction of mineralized tissues. Previously, we have demonstrated that in energy-rich environment not only osteoclast fusion index (the number of nuclei each osteoclast contains), but also cytoplas...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcell.2017.00054/full |