Abstracts from the 2nd Joint Meeting of the International Bone & Mineral Society and the Australian & New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society. Sydney, Australia. March 21-25, 2009.

摘要

The first concepts of intercellular communication in bone came with the idea that osteoblasts control the formation and activity of osteoclasts. The discovery of osteoprotegerin and the RANKL/RANK signalling mechanisms established this pathway as essential for normal bone resorption.