Abstract Number: 2215 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ticagrelor Regulates Osteoblast and Osteoclast Function and Promotes Bone Formation in Vivo By Increasing Adenosine Levels
Background/Purpose: The antiplatelet drugs Ticagrelor and clopidogrel are P2Y12 antagonists but ticagrelor also inhibits cellular adenosine uptake via ENT1 and thereby increases extracellular adenosine levels.…Abstract Number: 24 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Netrin1 Is Highly Expressed and Required in Inflammatory Infiltrates in Wear Particle-Induced Osteolysis
Background/Purpose Osteoclasts play a critical role in homeostatic bone turnover and pathologic bone destruction. Netrin-1, expressed in the marrow only by osteoclast precursors, acts in…