... Standard developmental toxicity bioassays in rodents include a detailed examination of the
near-term fetal skeleton in single-stained (alizarin red for ossified bone) or double-stained (alizarin
red ... neural crest were assessed at 9. 5–13.5 dpc by using molecular markers. A
retinoic acid-responsive transcription factor, Ap-2, (42) and cellular retinoic acid-binding protein-1
Fig. 5...
... hypertrophic chondrocytes (9) . Finally, BMP-2, BMP-4,
and BMP-7 are expressed in the precartilaginous mesenchyme (28) and were shown to enhance chondro-
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... prolyl 4-hydroxylase, prolyl 3-hydroxylase, and lysyl hydrox-
ylase, catalyze the formation of 4-hydroxyproline, 3-hydroxyproline, and hydroxylysine residues in
-X-Pro-Gly, -Pro-4Hyp-Gly-, and -X-Lys-Gly- ... chains, called _ chains, and contain at least one unique triple-helical domain with
repeating -Gly-X-Y- sequences in each of the constituent chains. The presence of glycine,...
... pseudoreceptor by intercalating in the TGF-` complex and disrupting receptor signaling, thus func-
tioning as a naturally occurring dominant mutant of BMP signaling.
Tkv
In the developing wing disk of ... with Xwnt-8, showing a direct interaction between Frzb and Wnts (84),
and Frzb blocks the axis-inducing activity of Xwnt-8 and mouse Wnt-1 when coinjected on the ven-
tral side o...
... cytochrome c into the cytosol. Subsequently, BMP-2 increased caspase -9 and caspase-3, -6 , and
-7 activity. Inhibition of caspase -9 activity suppressed BMP-2-induced apoptosis. However, over-
expression ... to identify BMP-induced genes. Osx is a novel zinc finger-containing transcrip-
tion factor that is specifically expressed in developing bones. Osx contains a proline- and...
... inhibitory Smad pro-
teins, Smad-6 and Smad-7 ( 29) .
Experiments in our laboratories indicate the influence of downstream antagonists of TGF-` signaling,
Smad-6 and -7 , at least in heterotopic sites, ... osteogenesis in preclinical and clinical contexts (1,11–16). Naturally-derived
BMPs/OPs and recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 (hOP-1), also known as BMP-7, induce oste...
... changes in bone modeling and remodeling in response to loading and unloading are initiated by
an internal mechanostat that is able to sense strain. In this view, changes in bone remodeling occur in
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