Osteocytes

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Mature osteoblasts that have become embedded in the BONE MATRIX. They occupy a small cavity, called lacuna, in the matrix and are connected to adjacent osteocytes via protoplasmic projections called canaliculi.

Descriptor ID	D010011
MeSH Number(s)	A11.329.629.500
Concept/Terms	Osteocytes Osteocytes Osteocyte

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Anatomy [A]
Cells [A11]
Connective Tissue Cells [A11.329]
Osteoblasts [A11.329.629]
Osteocytes [A11.329.629.500]

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Bar chart showing 12 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2005 and 2012 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	2	0	2
2012	2	0	2
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2022	1	1	2

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Kim JM, Yang YS, Xie J, Lee O, Kim J, Hong J, Boldyreff B, Filhol O, Chun H, Greenblatt MB, Gao G, Shim JH. Regulation of sclerostin by the SIRT1 stabilization pathway in osteocytes. Cell Death Differ. 2022 08; 29(8):1625-1638.

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Rooney AM, Ayobami OO, Kelly NH, Schimenti JC, Ross FP, van der Meulen MCH. Bone mass and adaptation to mechanical loading are sexually dimorphic in adult osteoblast-specific ERa knockout mice. Bone. 2022 05; 158:116349.

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Sato T, Verma S, Andrade CDC, Omeara M, Campbell N, Wang JS, Cetinbas M, Lang A, Ausk BJ, Brooks DJ, Sadreyev RI, Kronenberg HM, Lagares D, Uda Y, Pajevic PD, Bouxsein ML, Gross TS, Wein MN. A FAK/HDAC5 signaling axis controls osteocyte mechanotransduction. Nat Commun. 2020 07 01; 11(1):3282.

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Komaba H, Kaludjerovic J, Hu DZ, Nagano K, Amano K, Ide N, Sato T, Densmore MJ, Hanai JI, Olauson H, Bellido T, Larsson TE, Baron R, Lanske B. Klotho expression in osteocytes regulates bone metabolism and controls bone formation. Kidney Int. 2017 09; 92(3):599-611.

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Li Z, Frey JL, Wong GW, Faugere MC, Wolfgang MJ, Kim JK, Riddle RC, Clemens TL. Glucose Transporter-4 Facilitates Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Uptake in Osteoblasts. Endocrinology. 2016 Nov; 157(11):4094-4103.

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Nam J, Perera P, Gordon R, Jeong YH, Blazek AD, Kim DG, Tee BC, Sun Z, Eubank TD, Zhao Y, Lablebecioglu B, Liu S, Litsky A, Weisleder NL, Lee BS, Butterfield T, Schneyer AL, Agarwal S. Follistatin-like 3 is a mediator of exercise-driven bone formation and strengthening. Bone. 2015 Sep; 78:62-70.

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Carter Y, Suchorab JL, Thomas CD, Clement JG, Cooper DM. Normal variation in cortical osteocyte lacunar parameters in healthy young males. J Anat. 2014 Sep; 225(3):328-36.

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Carter Y, Thomas CDL, Clement JG, Cooper DML. Femoral osteocyte lacunar density, volume and morphology in women across the lifespan. J Struct Biol. 2013 Sep; 183(3):519-526.

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Carter Y, Thomas CD, Clement JG, Peele AG, Hannah K, Cooper DM. Variation in osteocyte lacunar morphology and density in the human femur--a synchrotron radiation micro-CT study. Bone. 2013 Jan; 52(1):126-32.

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Britz HM, Carter Y, Jokihaara J, Lepp?nen OV, J?rvinen TL, Belev G, Cooper DM. Prolonged unloading in growing rats reduces cortical osteocyte lacunar density and volume in the distal tibia. Bone. 2012 Nov; 51(5):913-9.

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