Quantitative analysis of the bone destroying activity of osteocytes and osteoclasts in experimental disuse osteoporosis.
With the aim of analysing the role played by osteocytes in phospho-calcic homeostasis and in bone metabolism, the amount of bone tissue respectively reabsorbed by osteocytes and by osteoclasts had morphometrically been evaluated in unloaded skeletal segments.
D000818:Animals; D001862:Bone Resorption; D004285:Dogs; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010011:Osteocytes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology