Cell autonomous requirement of connexin 43 for osteocyte survival: Consequences for endocortical resorption and periosteal bone formation

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 374-389

  Bivi, Nicoletta ^a   Condon, Keith W ^a   Allen, Matthew R ^a   Farlow, Nathan ^a   Passeri, Giovanni ^a,b   Brun, Lucas R ^a,c   Rhee, Yumie ^a,d   Bellido, Teresita ^a   Plotkin, Lilian I ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

APOPTOSIS; BONE RESORPTION; CONNEXIN 43; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; PERIOSTEAL BONE FORMATION; SOST SCLEROSTIN

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; SCLEROSTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIOSTEUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84856160446     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.548     Document Type: Article

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