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SUBMITTER: Wang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6769012 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Yinhang Y Guo Qiang Q Hei Hongya H Tao Jie J Zhou Yi Y Dong Jibin J Xin Hong H Cai Hui H Gao Jianjun J Yu Ker K Reilly Svetlana S Yin Peihao P Zhang Xuemei X
Cell death & disease 20190930 10
Impaired bone formation is one of the major causes of low bone mass and skeletal fragility that occurs in osteoporosis. However, the mechanisms underlying the defects in bone formation are not well understood. Here, we report that big conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (BKs) are required for bone formation and osteoblast function both in vivo and in vitro. By 15 weeks of age, BK knockout (BKO) mice exhibited a decline in bone mineral density and trabecular bone volume of the tibiae ...[more]