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Endocrine Reviews 29 (4): 403-440
Copyright © 2008 by The Endocrine Society

Osteoimmunology: Interactions of the Bone and Immune System

Joseph Lorenzo, Mark Horowitz and Yongwon Choi

Department of Medicine and the Musculoskeletal Institute (J.L.), The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030; Department of Orthopaedics (M.H.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Y.C.), The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Correspondence: Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Joseph Lorenzo, M.D., The University of Connecticut Health Center, N4054, MC5456, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-5456. E-mail: jlorenzo{at}nso2.uchc.edu

Bone and the immune system are both complex tissues that respectively regulate the skeleton and the body’s response to invading pathogens. It has now become clear that these organ systems often interact in their function. This is particularly true for the development of immune cells in the bone marrow and for the function of bone cells in health and disease. Because these two disciplines developed independently, investigators in each don’t always fully appreciate the significance that the other system has on the function of the tissue they are studying. This review is meant to provide a broad overview of the many ways that bone and immune cells interact so that a better understanding of the role that each plays in the development and function of the other can develop. It is hoped that an appreciation of the interactions of these two organ systems will lead to better therapeutics for diseases that affect either or both.




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