The Aging Immune System Disrupts Maintenance of Bone Tissue

As for all tissues, bone derives its structural properties from the composition and structure of its extracellular matrix. This matrix constantly undergoes dynamic modification: osteoclast cells break down the matrix, while osteoblast cells build it up. Throughout much of adult life, a sufficient balance exists between these processes of creation and destruction to ensure that...

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