Assertion: osteocyte | /r/CapableOf | play role
Facets:
value: within bone
type: LOCATION
value: in calcium metabolism
type: OTHER
value: in mechanotransduction
type: OTHER
value: potentially
type: MANNER
value: in phosphate homeostasis
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Osteoid cells or osteocytes may play a role in phosphate homeostasis.
text: Although it was postulated several decades ago that osteocytes could potentially play a role in calcium metabolism, it appears that this cell may have a more important role in phosphate metabolism.
text: The observation that osteocyte oxygen homeostasis may play a role in mechanotransduction within bone is also of clinical relevance, because it provides a new focus for the design of pharmaceutical and exercise interventions in bone loss pathologies.