Synovial joint morphogenesis requires the chondrogenic action of Sox5 and Sox6 in growth plate and articular cartilage

Developmental Biology

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 346-359

  Dy, Peter ^a   Smits, Patrick ^a,c   Silvester, Amber ^a   Penzo Méndez, Alfredo ^a   Dumitriu, Bogdan ^a   Han, Yu ^a   la Motte, Carol A de ^a   Kingsley, David M ^b   Lefebvre, Véronique ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Development; Differentiation; Erg; Growth plate; Sox5; Sox6; Sox9; Synovial joint; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 5; PROTEOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN 4; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT9A PROTEIN; ERG PROTEIN, MOUSE; HYALURONIC ACID; ONCOPROTEIN; SOX5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SOX6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SOX9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GROWTH PLATE; JOINT; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TISSUE GROWTH; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CHONDROGENESIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENESIS; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; HYALURONIC ACID; JOINTS; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SOXD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77952297125     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.02.024     Document Type: Article

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