Mechanical signals as anabolic agents in bone

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-59

  Ozcivici, Engin ^a   Luu, Yen Kim ^a   Adler, Ben ^a   Qin, Yi Xian ^a   Rubin, Janet ^b   Judex, Stefan ^a   Rubin, Clinton T ^a  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; BETA CATENIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; ION CHANNEL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; WNT PROTEIN;

ADIPOGENESIS; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BONE DISEASE; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRESS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FRACTURE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID RAFT; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; OSTEOGENESIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 75149150013     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2009.239     Document Type: Review

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