José Bernardo Noronha-Matos et al.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 28(12), 5208-5222 (2014-08-30)
Polymorphisms of the P2X7 receptor have been associated with increased risk of fractures in postmenopausal women. Although both osteoblasts and osteoclasts express P2X7 receptors, their function in osteogenesis remains controversial. Here, we investigated the role of the P2X7 receptor on