RANK Ligand

"RANK Ligand" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
A transmembrane protein belonging to the tumor necrosis factor superfamily that specifically binds RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR-KAPPA B and OSTEOPROTEGERIN. It plays an important role in regulating OSTEOCLAST differentiation and activation.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "RANK Ligand" by people in this website by year, and whether "RANK Ligand" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 51 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2009 and 2013
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.