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Table 1.

Number of colonies derived from osteoclast precursor cells

	c-Fms⁺RANK⁻	c-Fms⁺RANK⁺	c-Fms⁺RANK⁻
No factor	0	0	0
M-CSF alone	0.5 ± 0.5	0.8 ± 1.0	50.4 ± 10.4
M-CSF + sRANKL	0.3 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 1.0	54.8 ± 10.5

	c-Fms⁺RANK⁻	c-Fms⁺RANK⁺	c-Fms⁺RANK⁻
No factor	0	0	0
M-CSF alone	0.5 ± 0.5	0.8 ± 1.0	50.4 ± 10.4
M-CSF + sRANKL	0.3 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 1.0	54.8 ± 10.5

We cultured 3000 fractionated bone marrow mononuclear cells in methylcellulose medium with or without M-CSF or M-CSF and sRANKL for 6 days. The number of colonies (mean ± SD) was obtained from 3 separate experiments.

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