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Osteoclast Derivation from Mouse Bone Marrow
Published on: November 6, 2014
Phagocytosis and trypsin-resistant glass adhesion by osteoclasts in culture
The Journal of Pathology
|February 1, 1979
Abstract:
Osteoclasts were cultured in vitro and tested for the functions normally associated with cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system. They were found to ingest glutaraldehyde-fixed red cells and latex, but not opsonised or complement-coated sheep red cells. Osteoclasts are glass-adherent and resist removal by trypsin. The implications of these findings for the identity of the osteoclast precursor cell and its mechanism of fusion are discussed.
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