Osteoblasts (from the Greek combining forms for "bone", ὀστέο-, osteo- and βλαστάνω, blastanō "germinate") are cells with a single nucleus that synthesize...
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Bone (section Osteoblast)
bone rigidity. Bone tissue is made up of different types of bone cells. Osteoblasts and osteocytes are involved in the formation and mineralisation of bone;...
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RUNX2 (section Osteoblast differentiation)
by the RUNX2 gene. RUNX2 is a key transcription factor associated with osteoblast differentiation. It has also been suggested that Runx2 plays a cell proliferation...
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some of which differentiate into active osteoblasts (which may further differentiate to osteocytes). Osteoblasts/osteocytes develop in mesenchyme. In mature...
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Bone health (section Osteoblast cells)
inactive, osteoblast are at peak activity. Likewise, at pH 6.9 osteoblast activity is non-existent. The hormone estrogen is also important for osteoblast regulation...
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stem cell, or MSC, is an unspecialized cell that can develop into an osteoblast. Before it begins to develop, the morphological characteristics of a MSC...
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remodeling is the process of laying down new bone material by cells named osteoblasts. It is synonymous with bone tissue formation. There are two processes...
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glands, it is also expressed elsewhere in the body, specifically in the osteoblast, which is responsible for making new bone, a continual and highly regulated...
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progenitor ( z {\displaystyle z} ), osteoblast ( y {\displaystyle y} ), and chondrocyte ( x {\displaystyle x} ). Pro-osteoblast stimulus promotes P→O transition...
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performing essentially as stem cells—could then redifferentiate into osteoblasts and adipocytes. Each specialized cell type in an organism expresses a...
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