Inhibition of Bone Resorption in Vitro by a Cartilage-Derived Anticollagenase Factor

John E. Horton, Frederick H. Wezeman, Klaus E. Kuettner

Science · 1978 · 66 citations · 15 references

Abstract

A cartilage-derived factor containing a specific collagenous inhibitor was found to block reversibly parathyroid hormone-stimulated 45Ca release from fetal rat bone in vitro. Morphologic and quantitative histometric examination revealed that this factor modulates osteoclastic activities.

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