mOBs (IMAGE)

Osaka University

mOBs

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Direct contact with mOBs inhibits the bone-resorbing activity of mOCs. (A) Images of bone-resorptive activity in skull bone tissues using a pH-sensing chemical probe. Green, pH probe; Cyan, mOBs; red, mOCs; yellow, contact areas; filled arrowheads, areas of mOB-mOC contact; open arrowheads, separated mOBs and mOCs. The actual values of bone-resorbing index (BRI) are shown to the right of the images. (B) Assessment of BRI of mOCs in contact, or not, with mOBs.

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