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FGF upregulates osteopontin in epiphyseal growth plate chondrocytes: implications for endochondral ossification.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 1 Dec 2005
Weizmann S, Tong A, Reich A, Genina O, Yayon A, Monsonego-Ornan E
Abstract excerpt
Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) signaling pathways are essential for normal longitudinal bone growth. Mutations in this receptor lead to various human growth disorders, including Achondroplasia, disproportionately short-limbed dwarfism, characterized by narrowing of the hypertrophic region of the epiphyseal growth plates. Here we find that FGF9, a preferred ligand for FGFR3 rapidly induces the...
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