Studying Osteocyte Function Using the Cell Lines MLO-Y4 and MLO-A5
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We describe the culture and use of MLO-Y4 cells in studies of gene expression, response to fluid flow, and dendrite growth. We also describe how to use the MLO-A5 cells as a model of osteoblast to osteocyte �differentiation and how to study their mineralization. These studies serve as a beginning point to study osteocyte functions and molecular mechanisms responsible for these functions.




![MLO-Y4 [MLOY4]小鼠骨样细胞|MLO-Y4细胞](https://img1.dxycdn.com/2020/0703/473/5770838485445752243-14.jpg!wh200)




