Temperature regulates limb length in homeotherms by directly modulating cartilage growth

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 19348-19353

  Serrat, Maria A ^a,c   King, Donna ^b   Lovejoy, C Owen ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allen's Rule; Bone growth; Bone tissue culture; Cartilage biology; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LEG LENGTH; LEG LENGTHENING; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOREGULATION; TISSUE PERFUSION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARTILAGE; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 58049213835     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803319105     Document Type: Article

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