Osteocytes
"Osteocytes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
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D010011
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.329.629.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteocytes" by people in Profiles.
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Coulson-Thomas YM, Norton AL, Coulson-Thomas VJ, Florencio-Silva R, Ali N, Elmrghni S, Gil CD, Sasso GR, Dixon RA, Nader HB. DNA and bone structure preservation in medieval human skeletons. Forensic Sci Int. 2015 Jun; 251:186-94.
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Seo E, Basu-Roy U, Gunaratne PH, Coarfa C, Lim DS, Basilico C, Mansukhani A. SOX2 regulates YAP1 to maintain stemness and determine cell fate in the osteo-adipo lineage. Cell Rep. 2013 Jun 27; 3(6):2075-87.