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Overexpression of twisted gastrulation inhibits bone morphogenetic protein action and prevents osteoblast cell differentiation in vitro.
Endocrinology - 1 Sept 2005
Gazzerro Elisabetta, Deregowski Valerie, Vaira Sergio, Canalis Ernesto
Abstract excerpt
Twisted gastrulation (Tsg) is a secreted glycoprotein that binds bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) and BMP-4 and can display both BMP agonist and antagonist functions. Tsg acts as a BMP agonist in chondrocytes, but its expression and actions on the differentiation of cells of the osteoblastic lineage are not known. We investigated the effects of Tsg overexpression by transducing murine ST-2 stromal and MC3T3...
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