Sentences with phrase «blocks osteoclast»

Inhibition of interleukin - 6 receptor directly blocks osteoclast formation in vitro and in vivo

Our data raise the possibility that inhibition of ABL kinases can increase apoptosis of breast cancer cells and block osteoclast activation, which is required for osteolytic metastasis.

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This outcome is achieved because miR - 34a blocks the development of bone - destroying cells called osteoclasts, which make the bone less dense and prone to fracture.

By adding vitamin D to a petri dish full of osteoclast precursors, they discovered that the hormone blocked a signal called RANK ligand that tells these cells to become osteoclasts.