Dendritic processes of osteocytes are mechanotransducers that induce the opening of hemichannels

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

Volumn 107, Issue 31, 2010, Pages 13648-13653

  Burra, Sirisha ^a   Nicolella, Daniel P ^b   Francis, W Loren ^b   Freitas, Christopher J ^b   Mueschke, Nicholas J ^b   Poole, Kristin ^a   Jiang, Jean X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; HYALURONIDASE; INTEGRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CHICK; DENDRITE; GLYCOCALYX; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; CONNEXIN 43; DENDRITES; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; OSTEOCYTES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77956376324     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009382107     Document Type: Article

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