“…Receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL) is a key factor for osteoclasts formation and differentiation. Celastrol, curcumol, pristimerin, andrographolide, jolkinolide B, triterpenoid saponin W3, icariin, aconine, boldine, curcumin, and triptolide can inhibit RANKL‐induced osteoclastogenesis (Gan et al, ; Kong et al, ; Liu et al, ; Ma et al, ; Nanjundaiah et al, ; Shang et al, ; Tong et al, ; Wei, Ping, You, Qiang, & Tao, ; Yu et al, ; Zeng et al, ; Zhai et al, ; Zhao et al, ). Cathepsin K, an enzyme expressed by osteoclasts, degrades key components of bone and cartilage in RA, whose level is directly up‐regulated by RANKL during osteoclastogenesis (Sun et al, ).…”