Kanji Higashio

Osteoclast differentiation factor is a ligand for osteoprotegerin/osteoclastogenesis-inhibitory factor and is identical to TRANCE/RANKL

Hisataka Yasuda, Nobuyuki Shima, N. Nakagawa et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · 4.3K citations

Medicine, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +15

Tumor Necrosis Factor α Stimulates Osteoclast Differentiation by a Mechanism Independent of the Odf/Rankl–Rank Interaction

Kanichiro Kobayashi, Naoyuki Takahashi, Eijiro Jimi et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 2000 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +17

Identity of Osteoclastogenesis Inhibitory Factor (OCIF) and Osteoprotegerin (OPG): A Mechanism by which OPG/OCIF Inhibits Osteoclastogenesis<i>in Vitro</i>¹

Hisataka Yasuda, Nobuyuki Shima, N. Nakagawa et al. · Endocrinology · 1998 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +15

Isolation of a Novel Cytokine from Human Fibroblasts That Specifically Inhibits Osteoclastogenesis

Masaaki Goto, Shin-ichi Mochizuki, Kazuki Yano et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1997 · 793 citations

Medicine, Cell Biology, Immunology +14

Severe Osteoporosis in Mice Lacking Osteoclastogenesis Inhibitory Factor/Osteoprotegerin

Atsuko Mizuno, Norio Amizuka, Kazuharu Irie et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1998 · 774 citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Molecular Genetics +14