Monascin abrogates RANKL-mediated osteoclastogenesis in RAW264.7 cells via regulating MAPKs signaling pathways

• Main Authors: Yin Cheng (Author), Haixia Liu (Author), Jing Li (Author), Yujie Ma (Author), Changheng Song (Author), Yuhan Wang (Author), Pei Li (Author), Yanjing Chen (Author), Zhiguo Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Osteoclasts (OCs) are multinucleated cells that play a major role in osteolytic diseases such as osteoporosis. Monascin (Ms) is one of the active substances in the traditional Chinese medicine red yeast rice. Studies have found that red yeast rice can maintain bone health. In this study, the anti-os...