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[Cytokines in bone diseases. Wnt signaling and osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome].
Clinical calcium - 1 Oct 2010
Ozono Keiichi
Abstract excerpt
Wnt signaling system plays essential roles in development, cancer and bone metabolism. Canonical wnt signaling, which involves wnt ligands, receptor named frizzled and co-receptors LRP5/6, beta-catenin and transcription factors named LEF/TCF is well characterized and its defect causes bone abnormalities. The loss-of-function type of the LRP5 gene mutation is responsible for osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome. In...
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