Gap-junctional communication is required for the maturation process of osteoblastic cells in culture

Bone

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 362-369

  Schiller, P C ^a,b   D'Ippolito, G ^a,b   Balkan, W ^a,b   Roos, B A ^a,b,c   Howard, G A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Stein Gerontological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

18 glycyrrhetinic acid; Biomineralization; Cell coupling; Differentiation; Gap junctions; Osteoblasts

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; OLEAMIDE; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOPONTIN; SIALOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OSTEOBLAST; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

3T3 CELLS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DNA PRIMERS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; MICE; OSTEOBLASTS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035032495     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(00)00458-0     Document Type: Article

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