Shifting paradigms on the role of connexin43 in the skeletal response to mechanical load

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 275-286

  Lloyd, Shane A ^a   Loiselle, Alayna E ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a   Donahue, Henry J ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AGING; ANIMAL MODELS; BONE CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CONNEXIN 43; WNT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; BONE CELL; BONE REMODELING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; OSTEOCYTES; WEIGHT-BEARING; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84892727093     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2165     Document Type: Review

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