Detection of transcripts for the receptor for macrophage colony-stimulating factor, c-fms, in murine osteoclasts.

Hofstetter, W; Wetterwald, A; Cecchini, M C; Felix, R; Fleisch, H; Mueller, C (1992). Detection of transcripts for the receptor for macrophage colony-stimulating factor, c-fms, in murine osteoclasts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 89(20), pp. 9637-9641. National Academy of Sciences NAS 10.1073/pnas.89.20.9637

Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)

Macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF), whose action is restricted to the cell populations of the mononuclear phagocyte system, has recently been found to be required for osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption. To investigate the cells involved in the action of M-CSF in these processes, expression of c-fms mRNA, encoding the M-CSF receptor, was studied by in situ hybridization. Paws from murine embryos and newborn mice, tibiae from 2-day-old animals, as well as isolated osteoclasts, were hybridized with a c-fms-specific RNA probe. In bone, c-fms mRNA was detected only in cells at the late stages of osteoclastogenesis and in mature osteoclasts. The findings strengthen the relation between osteoclasts and the mononuclear phagocyte system. Furthermore, they suggest that M-CSF acts directly on osteoclast precursors and on mature osteoclasts during osteoclastogenesis.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology
UniBE Contributor:	Müller, Christoph (C)
Subjects:	500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISSN:	0027-8424
Publisher:	National Academy of Sciences NAS
Language:	English
Submitter:	Christoph Müller
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2022 11:48
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2023 23:38
Publisher DOI:	10.1073/pnas.89.20.9637
PubMed ID:	1409676
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/172942