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The process whereby a relatively unspecialized myeloid precursor cell acquires the specialized features of any cell of the myeloid leukocyte lineage. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized hemopoietic precursor cell acquires the specialized features of a plasmacytoid dendritic cell or any cell of the myeloid leukocyte or lymphocyte lineages. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized monocyte acquires the specialized features of a osteoclast cell. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of osteoclast differentiation. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized myeloid precursor cell acquires the specialized features of any cell of the myeloid leukocyte, megakaryocyte, thrombocyte, or erythrocyte lineages. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of osteoclast differentiation. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of osteoclast differentiation.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: osteoclast differentiation
Acc: GO:0030316
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby a relatively unspecialized monocyte acquires the specialized features of a osteoclast cell.
Synonyms:
  • osteoclast cell differentiation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 22 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 64 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0030316 - osteoclast differentiation (interactive image map)
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