Nobuyuki Udagawa

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

IL-17 in synovial fluids from patients with rheumatoid arthritis is a potent stimulator of osteoclastogenesis

Shigeru Kotake, Nobuyuki Udagawa, Naoyuki Takahashi et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1999 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Medicine, Cell Biology, Immunology +17

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

Origin of osteoclasts: mature monocytes and macrophages are capable of differentiating into osteoclasts under a suitable microenvironment prepared by bone marrow-derived stromal cells.

Nobuyuki Udagawa, N. Takahashi, Takuhiko Akatsu et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1990 · 1K citations

Medicine, Cell Biology, Immunology +14

OSTEOBLASTIC CELLS ARE INVOLVED IN OSTEOCLAST FORMATION

Naoyuki Takahashi, Takuhiko Akatsu, Nobuyuki Udagawa et al. · Endocrinology · 1988 · 945 citations

Medicine, Cell Biology, Endocrinology +16