Connexin 43 deficiency attenuates loss of trabecular bone and prevents suppression of cortical bone formation during unloading

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2359-2372

  Lloyd, Shane A ^a   Lewis, Gregory S ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a   Paul, Emmanuel M ^a   Donahue, Henry J ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BONE LOSS; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; UNLOADING

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BED REST; BONE DEFECT; BONE DENSITY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; PERIOSTEUM; PHENOTYPE; POROSITY; THICKNESS; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE RESORPTION; CONNEXIN 43; FEMUR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OSTEOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; WEIGHT-BEARING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84867566059     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1687     Document Type: Article

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