Technologies, Tools, and Genetic Models to Study Osteoclasts

J. Vacher,Lina Saad,M. Pata

Published 2019 in Unknown venue

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Abstract The osteoclast has been and still is the subject of many investgations to understand its tight regulation as a cell whose primary role is to destroy bone tissue. These large mature post-mitotic cells are difficult to isolate and manipulate since they represent a small in vivo cell population embeded in the bone tissue. This complex microenvironment is difficult to reproduce ex vivo and represent strong limitation to establish a faithful experimental cell study system. The past decades however brought tremendous progress in our capacity to analyze and understand particularly the role of the osteoclast in bone tissue maintenance. Here, we will summarize the main experimental approaches and tools that have been developed to dissect osteoclast biology.

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