Buried alive: How osteoblasts become osteocytes

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  • DOI 10.1002/dvdy.20603
  • PMID https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16258960
  • OpenAlex ID W2032394856
  • Type Review
  • Language EN
  • Published 28 Oct 2005
  • Volume 235 (1)
  • Pages 176–190
  • Source Developmental Dynamics
  • Publisher Wiley
  • FWCI 1.65
  • Countries 2
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  • Added 24 Jun 2016
  • Updated 27 Oct 2026
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Buried alive: How osteoblasts become osteocytes

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During osteogenesis, osteoblasts lay down osteoid and transform into osteocytes embedded in mineralized bone matrix. Despite the fact that osteocytes are the most abundant cellular component of bone, little is known about the process of osteoblast-to-osteocyte transformation. What is known is that osteoblasts undergo a number of changes during this transformation, yet retain their connections to p…

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1 Tamara Anne Franz‐Odendaal Corresponding Dalhousie University (CA)
2 Brian Keith Hall Dalhousie University (CA)
3 P. Eckhard Witten Corresponding Dalhousie University (CA) Universität Hamburg (DE)
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