Biology and pathology of rho GTPase, PI-3 kinase-Akt, and MAP kinase signaling pathways in chondrocytes

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 573-580

  Beier, Frank ^a   Loeser, Richard F ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell signaling; Chondrocytes; Kinases

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CHONDROGENESIS; DWARFISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENESIS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77952705182     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22604     Document Type: Review

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