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Osteocyte-derived insulin-like growth factor I is essential for determining bone mechanosensitivity.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 15 Jul 2013
Lau K-H William, Baylink David J, Zhou Xiao-Dong, Rodriguez Denise, Bonewald Lynda F, Li Zihui, Ruffoni Davide, Müller Ralph, Kesavan Chandrasekhar, Sheng Matilda H-C
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This study sought to determine whether deficient Igf1 expression in osteocytes would affect loading-induced osteogenic response. Tibias of osteocyte Igf1 conditional knockout (KO) mice (generated by cross-breeding Igf1 floxed mice with Dmp1-Cre transgenic mice) and wild-type (WT) littermates were...
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