Bio-Protocol (Jul 2014)

Bone Resorption Assay

  • Carina Scholtysek,
  • Gerhard Krönke,
  • Georg Schett

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.1187
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 14

Abstract

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The Bone resorption assay provides an easy to use protocol for quantitatively measuring in vitro osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. Osteoclasts can be seeded onto the bone slices and formation of resorption pits can be quantified via toluidinblue staining (Scholtysek et al., 2013).