The Osteocyte: From “Prisoner” to “Orchestrator”

Osteocytes are the most abundant bone cells, entrapped inside the mineralized bone matrix. They derive from osteoblasts through a complex series of morpho-functional modifications; such modifications not only concern the cell shape (from prismatic to dendritic) and location (along the vascular bone...

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Main Authors: Carla Palumbo, Marzia Ferretti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5142/6/1/28