Article
Differential roles for bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) receptor type IB and IA in differentiation and specification of mesenchymal precursor cells to osteoblast and adipocyte lineages.
The Journal of cell biology - 13 Jul 1998
Chen D, Ji X, Harris M A, Feng J Q, Karsenty G, Celeste A J, Rosen V, Mundy G R, Harris S E
Abstract excerpt
Cumulative evidence indicates that osteoblasts and adipocytes share a common mesenchymal precursor and that bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) can induce both osteoblast and adipocyte differentiation of this precursor. In the present study, we investigated the roles of BMP receptors in differenti...
Topics
- Adipocytes
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Animals
- Bone Matrix
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
- Calcification, Physiologic
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line
- Cell Lineage
- Complement Factor D
- Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit