Assertion: osteocyte | /r/CapableOf | play pivotal role
Facets:
value: as effectors
type: MANNER
value: as mechanosensors and effectors in bone
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in functional adaptation of bone
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: These are (1) osteocytes are actively involved in bone turnover; (2) the osteocyte network is through its large cell‐matrix contact surface involved in ion exchange; and (3) osteocytes are the mechanosensory cells of bone and play a pivotal role in functional adaptation of bone.
text: Increasing interest in the mechanoregulation of bone has changed this, and today there is a general consensus that osteocytes play a pivotal role as mechanosensors and effectors in bone (2).