Assertion: osteocyte | /r/CapableOf | act as mechanosensory cells
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text: Moreover, osteocytes can act as mechanosensory cells, transforming the mechanical strain into chemical signaling towards the effector cells (osteoblasts and osteoclasts).
text: Osteocytes have gained popularity ever since their isolation from bone became possible (28), from there osteocytes were shown to regulate mineral metabolism (29), remodel the extracellular matrix (30), act as an endocrine cell (31), a mechanosensory cell (32), and activate osteoclastogenesis through osteocyte apoptotic bodies (33).