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These data support the hypothesis that sensitivity to IFN-γ decreases with increasing osteoclast differentiation and that the mechanism by which RANKL and IFN-γ reciprocally inhibit each other in pre-osteoclasts is mediating the irreversible commitment into the osteoclast or activated macrophage lineages.
in rats, where the anabolic effect of lovastatin on bone was at least partially due to their inhibiting effect on osteoclast development [ 28 ] . Similarly, in the mouse calvaria model Gasser et al.
Osteoblasts are known to secrete tumor necrosis factor-related activation-induced cytokine (TRANCE) (RANK-L), which acts on the TRANCE receptor (TRANCE-R) (RANK) found on osteoclast precursors.
Hematopoietic cells also influence osteogenic cell differentiation, and some evidence suggests that mature lymphocytes influence osteoclast and osteoblast function.
These included the obvious - MCAM (melanoma cell adhesion molecule) - but also ATP1B2 (ATPase, Na +/K +transporting, beta 2 polypeptide, which is believed to function in neuron-astrocyte adhesion [ 29, 30]), THBS (thrombospondin, an adhesion molecule involved in blood clotting), OPN (osteopontin, which promotes osteoclast adhesion [ 31]) and OSF2 (osteoblast-specific factor 2, a human homolog of the insect protein fasciclin thought to have a role in bone adhesion [ 32]).