osteoclast in English

noun
1
a large multinucleate bone cell that absorbs bone tissue during growth and healing.
The rate at which cells called osteoclasts break down bone is slowed, and the production of new bone increases.

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1. Peptide for suppressing osteoclast differentiation and use thereof

2. Bisphosphonates, analogues of pyrophosphate, are potent inhibitors of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption

3. Advanced glycation end products Biphasically modulate bone resorption in osteoclast-like cells Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab

4. Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a cystic lesion of bone composed of blood filled spaces separated by connective tissue septations containing fibroblasts, osteoclast-type giant cells and reactive woven bone.

5. Androgens may however inhibit bone resorption indirectly, by an inhibition of the recruitment of osteoclast precursors from bone marrow, by decreased secretion of interleukin-6 and/or prostaglandin E2, and/or by an increased sensitivity of marrow cells or osteoblasts for bone resorption stimulating factors such as PTH.