title: Preface: the osteocyte.
authors.forename: Lynda F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Bonewald
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kneissel
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010011:Osteocytes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology