Pharmaceuticals (May 2010)

Effects of NSAIDs on Differentiation and Function of Human and Murine Osteoclasts – Crucial ‘Human Osteoclastology’

  • Shigeru Kotake,
  • Toru Yago,
  • Manabu Kawamoto,
  • Yuki Nanke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ph3051394
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 5
pp. 1394 – 1410

Abstract

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Osteoclasts play a critical role in both normal bone metabolism and bone resorption in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. It has been reported that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) inhibit murine osteoclastogenesis in vitro and murine arthritis models in vivo, but not the destruction of joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. In the current review article, we review the recent findings in the effect of NSAIDs on the formation and function of human and murine osteoclasts both in vitro and in vivo, underlining the importance of studies using human osteoclasts. Since 2009, we have suggested a novel term ‘human osteoclastology’.

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