Enhanced periosteal and endocortical responses to axial tibial compression loading in conditional connexin43 deficient mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Grimston, Susan K ^a   Watkins, Marcus P ^a   Brodt, Michael D ^a   Silva, Matthew J ^a   Civitelli, Roberto ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; SCLEROSTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; COX2 GENE; ENDOCORTICAL BONE; FORCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PERIOSTEUM; PHENOTYPE; SOST GENE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT BEARING; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; C57BL MOUSE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONNEXIN 43; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OSTEOGENESIS; PERIOSTEUM; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84870388520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044222     Document Type: Article

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