Osteoprotegerin (OPG) and its ligand RANKL in vascular tissue
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Pathophysiology of RANK ligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG).
Receptor activator of nuclear factorκ B ligand (RANKL) is a membrane-bound peptide of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand superfamily [14]. Rich sources of RANKL expression include T lymphocytes [12] and osteoblastic lineage cells [8]. In the presence of permissive concentrations of macrophage-colony stimulating factor (M-CSF), RANKL stimulates the differentiation, proliferation, fusion and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The FASEB Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0892-6638,1530-6860
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.1006.6