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NELL-1 in the treatment of osteoporotic bone loss.
Nature communications - 17 Jun 2015
James Aaron W, Shen Jia, Zhang Xinli, Asatrian Greg, Goyal Raghav, Kwak Jin H, Jiang Lin, Bengs Benjamin, Culiat Cymbeline T, Turner A Simon, Seim Iii Howard B, Wu Benjamin M, Lyons Karen, Adams John S, Ting Kang, Soo Chia
Abstract excerpt
NELL-1 is a secreted, osteoinductive protein whose expression rheostatically controls skeletal ossification. Overexpression of NELL-1 results in craniosynostosis in humans and mice, whereas lack of Nell-1 expression is associated with skeletal undermineralization. Here we show that Nell-1-haploinsufficient mice have normal skeletal development but undergo age-related osteoporosis, characterized by a reduction in...
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