Estrogen receptor α mediates proliferation of osteoblastic cells stimulated by estrogen and mechanical strain, but their acute down-regulation of the Wnt antagonist Sost is mediated by estrogen receptor β

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 9035-9048

  Galea, Gabriel L ^a   Meakin, Lee B ^a   Sugiyama, Toshihiro ^a,d   Zebda, Noureddine ^a   Sunters, Andrew ^b   Taipaleenmaki, Hanna ^c,e   Stein, Gary S ^c,f   Van Wijnen, Andre J ^c,g   Lanyon, Lance E ^a   Price, Joanna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CYTOLOGY; PHENOLS;

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MECHANICAL STRAIN; OSTEOBLAST PROLIFERATION; OSTEOBLASTIC CELLS; PROLIFERATION OF OSTEOBLASTIC CELLS; PROLIFERATIVE EFFECTS; TRIFLUOROMETHYL;

CELLS;

1,3 BIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 METHYL 5 [4 (2PIPERIDINYLETHOXY)PHENOL] 1H PYRAZOLE DIHYDROCHLORIDE; 1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; 4 [2 PHENYL 5,7 BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PYRAZOLO[1,5 BETA]PYRIMIDIN 3 YL]PHENOL; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PRINABEREL; SCLEROSTIN; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG BONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 84876001884     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.405456     Document Type: Article

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