Osteoclast differentiation factor is a ligand for osteoprotegerin/osteoclastogenesis-inhibitory factor and is identical to TRANCE/RANKL.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 31, 1998

Authors

H Yasuda1, N Shima, N Nakagawa, K Yamaguchi, M Kinosaki, S Mochizuki, A Tomoyasu, K Yano, M Goto, A Murakami, E Tsuda, T Morinaga, K Higashio, N Udagawa, N Takahashi, T Suda

Author Affiliations

1: Research Institute of Life Science, Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd., 519 Ishibashi-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi 329-0512, Japan.

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Denosumab, Teriparatide or Both for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis (DATA) | NCT00926380

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