Signaling networks and transcription factors regulating mechanotransduction in bone

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 794-804

  Papachristou, Dionysios J ^a   Papachroni, Katerina K ^b   Basdra, Efthimia K ^b   Papavassiliou, Athanasios G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bone; Mechanical stimulation; Mechanotransduction; Signaling network; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM RELEASE ACTIVATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; INTEGRIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NITRIC OXIDE; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WNT PROTEIN;

BONE STRUCTURE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BONE; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70349320097     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800223     Document Type: Review

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