... representative images of cells isolated from Healthy and OA-SM. Pointed arrows indicate telocytes; Tp, telopode. Figure 3 Osteoclastogenesis ( A ) Representative images displaying the generation of osteoclast-like cells after co-culture of Healthy- or OA-SDSCs with normal PBMCs: immunofluorescence...

.... The recent identification of RANKL [receptor activator of nuclear factor (NF)-κB ligand], a new member of the tumour necrosis factor ligand superfamily that has a key role in osteoclastogenesis, has allowed the in vitro generation of osteoclasts in the absence of cells of the stromal/osteoblast lineage...