The Regulation of Bone Resorption in Tooth Formation and Eruption Processes in Mouse Alveolar Crest Devoid of Cathepsin K

• Main Authors: Masayo Okaji (Author), Hideaki Sakai (Author), Eiko Sakai (Author), Mitsue Shibata (Author), Fumio Hashimoto (Author), Yasuhiro Kobayashi (Author), Noriaki Yoshida (Author), Kuniaki Okamoto (Author), Kenji Yamamoto (Author), Yuzo Kato (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Osteoclastic bone resorption has recently been implicated in the tooth formation and eruption in alveolar bone. Cathepsin K (CK) is a cysteine proteinase expressed predominantly in osteoclasts and is believed to play a critical role in degradation of bone matrix proteins. Here we present evidence th...