Assertion: osteocyte | /r/HasProperty | targeted for removal
Facets:
value: by osteoclastic resorption
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: 12 have shown that osteocyte apoptosis occurs in association with surgically induced matrix damage in bone, providing evidence to suggest that osteocyte apoptosis may be a critical step in the process by which damaged bone and osteocytes are signaled and targeted for removal by osteoclastic resorption.
text: Qiu et al.,12 also from our laboratory, showed that osteocyte apoptosis occurs in response to surgically induced local damage in bone, suggesting that osteocyte apoptosis may be a critical step in the process by which damaged bone and osteocytes are signaled and targeted for removal by osteoclastic resorption.