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Cellular and molecular mechanisms of bone remodeling
Liza J Raggatt1, Nicola C Partridge
1Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston 4029, Australia.
Abstract:
Physiological bone remodeling is a highly coordinated process responsible for bone resorption and formation and is necessary to repair damaged bone and to maintain mineral homeostasis. In addition to the traditional bone cells (osteoclasts, osteoblasts, and osteocytes) that are necessary for bone remodeling, several immune cells have also been implicated in bone disease. This minireview discusses physiological bone remodeling, outlining the traditional bone biology dogma in light of emerging osteoimmunology data. Specifically discussed in detail are the cellular and molecular mechanisms of bone remodeling, including events that orchestrate the five sequential phases of bone remodeling: activation, resorption, reversal, formation, and termination.
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