They found evidence of Del - 1 in the same areas as osteoclast activity, then followed up by generating
human and mouse osteoclasts in vitro and found Del - 1 mRNA and protein expressed at high levels.
Not exact matches
Further experimentation in vitro with
human osteoclasts and in vivo in
mice identified a portion of the Del - 1 protein that was particularly important for containing
osteoclast activity, though additional parts of the molecule were needed to have the most potent inhibition of inflammation
and bone loss.
To investigate the underlying mechanisms, we undertook (1) bioinformatic, functional genomic annotation
and human osteoblast expression studies; (2) gene - function prediction; (3) skeletal phenotyping of 120 knockout
mice with deletions of genes adjacent to lead independent SNPs;
and (4) analysis of gene expression in
mouse osteoblasts, osteocytes
and osteoclasts.