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F-spondin deficient mice have a high bone mass phenotype.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Palmer Glyn D, Attur Mukundan G, Yang Qing, Liu James, Moon Paxton, Beier Frank, Abramson Steven B
Abstract excerpt
F-spondin is a pericellular matrix protein upregulated in developing growth plate cartilage and articular cartilage during osteoarthritis. To address its function in bone and cartilage in vivo, we generated mice that were deficient for the F-spondin gene, Spon1. Spon1-/- mice were viable and developed normally to adulthood with no major skeletal abnormalities. At 6 months, femurs and tibiae of Spon1-/- mice...
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