Assertion: osteocyte | /r/CapableOf | act as endocrine cell
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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).