Mesenchymal stem cells: cell fate decision to osteoblast or adipocyte and application in osteoporosis treatment

L Hu, C Yin, F Zhao, A Ali, J Ma, A Qian - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Osteoporosis is a progressive skeletal disease characterized by decreased bone mass and
degraded bone microstructure, which leads to increased bone fragility and risks of bone …

Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells: identification, classification, and differentiation

Q Gao, L Wang, S Wang, B Huang, Y Jing… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs), identified as pericytes comprising the
hematopoietic niche, are a group of heterogeneous cells composed of multipotent stem …

Combating osteoporosis and obesity with exercise: leveraging cell mechanosensitivity

GM Pagnotti, M Styner, G Uzer, VS Patel… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Osteoporosis, a condition of skeletal decline that undermines quality of life, is treated with
pharmacological interventions that are associated with poor adherence and adverse effects …

Mechanical signals as anabolic agents in bone

E Ozcivici, YK Luu, B Adler, YX Qin, J Rubin… - Nature Reviews …, 2010 - nature.com
Aging and a sedentary lifestyle conspire to reduce bone quantity and quality, decrease
muscle mass and strength, and undermine postural stability, culminating in an elevated risk …

Effect of low-magnitude, high-frequency vibration on osteocytes in the regulation of osteoclasts

E Lau, S Al-Dujaili, A Guenther, D Liu, L Wang, L You - Bone, 2010 - Elsevier
Osteocytes are well evidenced to be the major mechanosensor in bone, responsible for
sending signals to the effector cells (osteoblasts and osteoclasts) that carry out bone …

Bone, fat, and body composition: evolving concepts in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis

CJ Rosen, A Klibanski - The American journal of medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Disorders of body composition, including obesity and osteoporosis, have reached record
proportions. Coincidentally, our understanding of the mechanisms controlling body mass …

Microbiota from obese mice regulate hematopoietic stem cell differentiation by altering the bone niche

Y Luo, GL Chen, N Hannemann, N Ipseiz, G Krönke… - Cell metabolism, 2015 - cell.com
The effect of metabolic stress on the bone marrow microenvironment is poorly defined. We
show that high-fat diet (HFD) decreased long-term Lin− Sca-1+ c-Kit+(LSK) stem cells and …

Cell mechanosensitivity to extremely lowmagnitude signals is enabled by a LINCed nucleus

G Uzer, WR Thompson, B Sen, Z Xie, SS Yen… - Stem …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
A cell's ability to recognize and adapt to the physical environment is central to its survival
and function, but how mechanical cues are perceived and transduced into intracellular …

Biomechanical stimulation of osteoblast gene expression requires phosphorylation of the RUNX2 transcription factor

Y Li, C Ge, JP Long, DL Begun… - Journal of Bone and …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Bone can adapt its structure in response to mechanical stimuli. At the cellular level, this
involves changes in chromatin organization, gene expression, and differentiation, but the …

Implications of exercise-induced adipo-myokines in bone metabolism

G Lombardi, F Sanchis-Gomar, S Perego, V Sansoni… - Endocrine, 2016 - Springer
Physical inactivity has been recognized, by the World Health Organization as the fourth
cause of death (5.5% worldwide). On the contrary, physical activity (PA) has been …