Assertion: osteocyte | /r/CapableOf | act as mechanosensor
Facets:
value: in bone
type: LOCATION
value: by the lacunocanalicular system
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: By the lacunocanalicular system (Figure 3(b)), the osteocytes act as mechanosensors as their interconnected network has the capacity to detect mechanical pressures and loads, thereby helping the adaptation of bone to daily mechanical forces .
text: Multiple lines of evidence support the idea that osteocytes act as mechanosensors in bone and that they control bone formation, in part, by expressing the Wnt antagonist sclerostin.