Pharmacological Topics of Bone Metabolism: Antiresorptive Microbial Compounds That Inhibit Osteoclast Differentiation, Function, and Survival

• Hauptverfasser: Je-Tae Woo (Verfasst von), Takayuki Yonezawa (Verfasst von), Byung-Yoon Cha (Verfasst von), Toshiaki Teruya (Verfasst von), Kazuo Nagai (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Elsevier, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The mass and function of bones depends on the maintenance of a complicated balance between osteoclast-mediated bone resorption and osteoblast-mediated bone formation. Osteoporosis typically reflects an imbalance in skeletal turnover, such that bone resorption exceeds bone formation. Osteoclasts are...