Bruton and Tec: new links in osteoimmunology.

Boyce, Brendan F; Xing, Lianping · Cell Metab · 2008

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Abstract

Enhanced and deficient immune responses are associated with abnormal bone homeostasis. A new study by Shinohara et al. (2008) shows that protein phosphorylation by the tyrosine kinases Bruton and Tec links immunity and bone as well as two signaling pathways in precursors of osteoclasts, the cells that degrade bone.

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