The skeleton : biochemical, genetic, and molecular interactions in development and homeostasis / edited by Edward J. Massaro and John M. Rogers.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chondrogenesis, chondrocytes, and cartilage -- Molecular basis of cell-cell interaction and signaling in mesenchymal chondrogenesis / Rocky S. Tuan -- Chondrocyte cell fate determination in response to bone morphogenic protein signaling / Lillian Shum ... [et al.] -- Regulation of chondrocyte differentiation / Andreia M. Ionescu, M. Hicham Drissi, and Regis J. O'Keefe -- Continuous expression of Cbfa1 in nonhypertrophic chondrocytes uncovers its ability to induce hypertrophic chondrocyte differentiation and partially rescues Cbfa1-deficient mice / Shu Takeda ...[et al.] -- Molecular biology and biosynthesis of collagens / Johanna Myllyharju -- Mechanotransduction pathways in cartilage / Qian Chen -- Control of skeletal development --

Molecular genetic analysis of the role of the HoxD complex in skeletal development: impact of the IoxP/Cre system in targeted mutagenesis of the mouse HoxD complex / Marie Kmita, Denis Duboule, and Jùzsef Zakany -- Control of development and homeostasis via regulation of BMP, Wnt, and hedgehog signaling / Renee Hackenmiller, Catherine Degnin, and Jan Christian -- FgF4 and skeletal morphogenesis / Valerie Ngu-Muller ... [et al.] -- Retinoid signaling and skeletal development / Andrea D. Weston and T. Michael Underhill --

Retinoids and Indian hedgehog orchestrate long bone development / Maurizio Pacifici, Eleanor Golden, and Eiki Koyama -- Osteoblastic cell differentiation -- Synergy between osteogenic protein-1 and osteotropic factors in the stimulation of rat osteoblastic cell differentiation / John C. Lee and Lee-Chuan Yeh -- Bone morphogenic proteins, osteoblast differentiation, and cell survival during osteogenesis / Cun-Yu Wang -- Osteoclast differentiation / Sakamuri V. Reddy and G. David Roodman -- Bone induction, growth, and remodeling -- Soluble signals and insoluble substrata: novel molecular cues instructing the induction of bone / Ugo Ripamonti ... [et al.] -- Perichondrial and periosteal regulation of endochondral growth / Dana L. Di Nino and Thomas F. Linsenmayer --

Computer simulations of cancellous bone remodeling / J.C. van der Linden, Harrie Weinans, and J. A. N. Verhaar -- The effects of microgravity on skeletal remodeling and bone cells / Pierre J. Marie -- Bone mineralization -- Quantitative analyses of the development of different hard tissues / Siegfried Arnold, Hans J. Höhling, and Ulrich Plate -- Fetal mineral homeostasis and skeletal mineralization / Christopher S. Kovacs -- Control of osteoblast function and bone extracellular matrix and mineralization by vitamin D / Johannes P. T. M. van Leeuwen, M. van Driel and H.A.P. Pols -- Skeletal dysmorphology -- Role of Pax3 and PDGF-a receptor in skeletal morphogenesis and facial clefting / Simon J. Conway -- Genetics of achondroplasia and hypochondroplasia / Giedre Grigelioniene -- Effects of boric acid on hox gene expression and the axial skeleton in the developing rat / Michael G. Narotsky ... [et al.] -- Toxicant-induced lumbar and cervical ribs in rodents / John M. Rogers, R. Woodrow Setzger, and Neil Chernoff --

Experimental skeletal dysmorphology: risk assessment issues / Rochelle W. Tyl, Melissa C. Marr, and Christina B. Myers.

The authors review the complexity of the skeleton & its role in the circulatory, immune & endocrine systems.