The skeleton : biochemical, genetic, and molecular interactions in development and homeostasis /
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| Imprint: | Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2004. |
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| Description: | xviii, 428 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5160481 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Contributors
- I.. Chondrogenesis, Chondrocytes, and Cartilage
- 1. Molecular Basis of Cell-Cell Interaction and Signaling in Mesenchymal Chondrogenesis
- 2. Chondrocyte Cell Fate Determination in Response to Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling
- 3. Regulation of Chondrocyte Differentiation
- 4. Continuous Expression of Cbfa1 in Nonhypertrophic Chondrocytes Uncovers Its Ability to Induce Hypertrophic Chondrocyte Differentiation and Partially Rescues Cbfal-Deficient Mice
- 5. Molecular Biology and Biosynthesis of Collagens
- 6. Mechanotransduction Pathways in Cartilage
- II.. Control of Skeletal Development
- 7. Molecular Genetic Analysis of the Role of the HoxD Complex in Skeletal Development: Impact of the loxP/Cre System in Targeted Mutagenesis of the Mouse HoxD Complex
- 8. Control of Development and Homeostasis Via Regulation of BMP, Wnt, and Hedgehog Signaling
- 9. FGF4 and Skeletal Morphogenesis
- 10. Retinoid Signaling and Skeletal Development
- 11. Retinoids and Indian Hedgehog Orchestrate Long Bone Development
- III.. Osteoblastic Cell Differentiation
- 12. Synergy Between Osteogenic Protein-1 and Osteotropic Factors in the Stimulation of Rat Osteoblastic Cell Differentiation
- 13. Bone Morphogenic Proteins, Osteoblast Differentiation, and Cell Survival During Osteogenesis
- 14. Osteoclast Differentiation
- IV.. Bone Induction, Growth, and Remodeling
- 15. Soluble Signals and Insoluble Substrata: Novel Molecular Cues Instructing the Induction of Bone
- 16. Perichondrial and Periosteal Regulation of Endochondral Growth
- 17. Computer Simulations of Cancellous Bone Remodeling
- 18. Effects of Microgravity on Skeletal Remodeling and Bone Cells
- V.. Bone Mineralization
- 19. Quantitative Analyses of the Development of Different Hard Tissues
- 20. Fetal Mineral Homeostasis and Skeletal Mineralization
- 21. Control of Osteoblast Function and Bone Extracellular Matrix Mineralization by Vitamin D
- VI.. Skeletal Dysmorphology
- 22. Role of Pax3 and PDGF-[alpha] Receptor in Skeletal Morphogenesis and Facial Clefting
- 23. Genetics of Achondroplasia and Hypochondroplasia
- 24. Effects of Boric Acid on Hox Gene Expression and the Axial Skeleton in the Developing Rat
- 25. Toxicant-Induced Lumbar and Cervical Ribs in Rodents
- 26. Experimental Skeletal Dysmorphology: Risk Assessment Issues
- Index
