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Osteocytes

Known as: Bone cell, Osteocyte 
Mature osteoblasts that have become embedded in the bone matrix. They occupy a small cavity, called lacuna, in the matrix and are connected to… 
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Review
2009
Review
2009
Osteocytes are the most abundant cells in bone, but their relative inaccessibility and (until recently) a lack of good in vitro… 
2001
2001
Estrogens are important regulators of bone cell function. Osteoblast-derived membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinses (MT1-MMP… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
  • A. Freemont
  • 1993
  • Corpus ID: 7450206
Bone is an unusual tissue in that during adult life it retains the capacity to change its shape and structure in response to… 
1986
1986
Newborn female strain NMRI mice were given injections of a mouse retrovirus (OA MuLV) known to induce osteopetrosis, osteoma, and… 
1982
1982
Chicken skeletal alkaline phosphatase is subject to competitive inhibitions by vanadate (Ki = 0.38 mM in carbonate, Ki = 0.08 mM… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
While many, if not most, of the details remain to be worked out, bone cell function is increasingly being explained in terms of… 
1976
1976
Adenosine rapidly stimulated adenylate cyclase activity but did not modify cyclic AMP degradation when added to a particulate… 
1975
1975
The mechanism of skeletal refractoriness to parathyroid hormone (PTH) in vitamine D-deficient animals was studied in terms of the… 
1962
1962
When living cells in bone (such as osteocytes or marrow cells) are irradiated by x-rays below 250 kv, they may absorb a dose…