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High cortical bone mass phenotype in betacellulin transgenic mice is EGFR dependent.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Mar 2009
Schneider Marlon R, Mayer-Roenne Bettina, Dahlhoff Maik, Proell Verena, Weber Karin, Wolf Eckhard, Erben Reinhold G
Abstract excerpt
Signaling through the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) by ligands such as epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor alpha (TGFA), and amphiregulin (AREG) has been reported to have effects on skeletal growth. The role of betacellulin (BTC), another EGFR ligand, in skeletal development and bone metabolism is unknown. In previous experiments, transgenic mice overexpressing BTC ubiquitously...
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