Endocrine Abstracts

The discovery of the fundamental involvement of receptor activator for nuclear factor-KB ligand (RANKL) in osteoclast (OC) formation, has enabled the routine generation of human OCs in vitro from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Beta C-terminal telopeptide (beta-CTx) is a specific resorption marker for degradation of bone type I collagen by OCs. We have evaluated the correlation between beta-CTx released from dentine wafers on which OC were c...