Title : The nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate, zoledronic acid, influences RANKL expression in human osteoblast-like cells by activating TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE).

Pub. Date : 2004 Jan

PMID : 14753746






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1 The nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate, zoledronic acid, influences RANKL expression in human osteoblast-like cells by activating TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE). Diphosphonates TNF superfamily member 11 Homo sapiens
2 MATERIALS AND METHODS: We examined the effect of the most potent nitrogen-containing BP available, zoledronic acid (ZOL), on the expression of RANKL and osteoprotegerin (OPG), critical factors in the regulation of OC formation and activation, in primary osteoblast (OB)-like cells derived from human bone, using flow cytometry, ELISA, semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), in situ immunofluorescence staining, and Western blotting. Diphosphonates TNF superfamily member 11 Homo sapiens