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ArticleBone reports2017

Lacunar-canalicular network in femoral cortical bone is reduced in aged women and is predominantly due to a loss of canalicular porosity.

A M Ashique, L S Hart, C D L Thomas, J G Clement, P Pivonka, Y Carter, D D Mousseau, D M L Cooper

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Article in Bone reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

A M AshiqueDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
L S HartDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
C D L ThomasMelbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
J G ClementMelbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
P PivonkaSt. Vincent's Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Y CarterDepartment of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
D D MousseauDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
D M L CooperDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
University of Saskatchewan · CAUniversity of Melbourne · AUQueensland University of Technology · AUUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lacunar-canalicular network (LCN) of bone contains osteocytes and their dendritic extensions, which allow for intercellular communication, and are believed to serve as the mechanosensors that coordinate the processes of bone modeling and remodeling. Imbalances in remodeling, for example, are linked to bone disease, including fragility associated with aging. We have reported that there is a reduction in scale for one component of the LCN, osteocyte lacunar volume, across the human lifespan in females. In the present study, we explore the hypothesis that canalicular porosity also declines with age. To visualize the LCN and to determine how its components are altered with aging, we examined samples from young (age: 20-23 y;

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BoneCanaliculiConfocal laser scanning microscopyHuman agingLacunae

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PMCPMC5517690
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