Function of osteocytes in bone

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  • DOI 10.1002/jcb.240550304
  • PMID https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7962159
  • OpenAlex ID W2163208284
  • Type Review
  • Language EN
  • Published 01 Jul 1994
  • Volume 55 (3)
  • Pages 287–299
  • Source Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
  • Publisher Wiley
  • FWCI 0.81
  • Countries 1
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Function of osteocytes in bone

Review 1994 EN

Although the structural design of cellular bone (i.e., bone containing osteocytes that are regularly spaced throughout the bone matrix) dates back to the first occurrence of bone as a tissue in evolution, and although osteocytes represent the most abundant cell type of bone, we know as yet little about the role of the osteocyte in bone metabolism. Osteocytes descend from osteoblasts. They are form…

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1 Elisabeth M. Aarden Leiden University (NL) —
2 Peter J. Nijweide Corresponding Leiden University (NL) —
3 Elisabeth H. Burger Academic Center for Dentistry … (NL) —

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