Skeletal unloading inhibits the in vitro proliferation and differentiation of rat osteoprogenitor cells

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 273, Issue 6 36-6, 1997, Pages

  Kostenuik, Paul J ^a   Halloran, Bernard P ^a,b   Morey Holton, Emily R ^b   Bikle, Daniel D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Bone; C fos; Mineralization; Osteocalcin

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; OSTEOCALCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MATURATION; BONE MINERALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0031426643     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.273.6.e1133     Document Type: Article

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