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Glucocorticoids are used for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. While they are effective therapy, bone loss and incident fracture risk are high. While previous studies have found GC effects on both osteoclasts and osteoblasts, our work has focused on the effects of GCs on osteocytes. Osteocytes exposed to low dose GCs undergo autophagy while osteocytes exposed to high doses of GCs or for a prolonged period of time undergo apoptosis. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Wei Yao, Weiwei Dai, Jean X Jiang, Nancy E Lane. Glucocorticoids and osteocyte autophagy. Bone. 2013 Jun;54(2):279-84
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