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Sex-Linked Skeletal Phenotype of Lysyl Oxidase Like-1 Mutant Mice.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Feb 2016
Alsofi Loai, Daley Eileen, Hornstra Ian, Morgan Elise F, Mason Zachary D, Acevedo Jesus F, Word R Ann, Gerstenfeld Louis C, Trackman Philip C
Abstract excerpt
Lysyl oxidases are required for collagen and elastin cross-linking and extracellular matrix maturation including in bone. The lysyl oxidase family consists of lysyl oxidase (LOX) and 4 isoforms (LOXL1-4). Here we investigate whether deletion of LOXL1, which has been linked primarily to elastin maturation, leads to skeletal abnormalities. Left femurs (n = 8), L5 vertebrae (n = 8), and tibiae (n = 8) were analyzed...
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