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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Tong-Chuan He
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48882 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 20120701 7
Growth hormone (GH) is usually released by somatotrophs in the anterior pituitary in response to the GH-releasing hormone and plays an important role in skeleton development and postnatal growth. However, it is unclear if extrapituitary GH exerts any effect on murine multilineage cells (MMCs). MMCs are multipotent progenitors that give rise to several lineages, including bone, cartilage, and fat. We have identified bone morphogenic protein 9 (BMP9) as one of the most osteogenic BMPs in MMCs by r ...[more]