Assertion: osteocyte | /r/HasProperty | essential
Facets:
value: for maintaining bone matrix
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Osteoblasts then become mature and convert into osteocytes, which are essential for maintaining bone matrix.
text: These results strongly suggest that osteocytes are an essential source of the RANKL that controls osteoclast formation during cancellous bone remodeling.
text: Both osteoblasts and osteocytes are essential to the proper maintenance of bone structure.
text: Both osteoblasts and osteocytes are essential to the proper maintenance of bone structure.
text: Based on these results and on the observation that the Dmp1-Cre transgene leads to efficient deletion of loxP-flanked sequences in osteocytes, we concluded that osteocytes are an essential source of the RANKL required for osteoclast formation in cancellous bone.