This critical review summarizes the knowledge about fish skeletal tissues and inherent
normal and anomalous development. Particular emphasis is given to existing literature on …

Vitamin D plays a major role in the regulation of mineral homeostasis and affects bone
metabolism. Most effects of vitamin D have been attributed to the 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 …

A growing interest in the understanding of the ontogeny and mineralization of fish skeleton
has emerged from the recent implementation of fish as a vertebrate model, particularly for …

Bone Gla protein (Bgp or osteocalcin) and matrix Gla protein (Mgp) are important in calcium
metabolism and skeletal development, but their precise roles at the molecular level remain …

Intramembranous and chondral bone formation by osteoblasts is found in all vertebrates.
The genetic network controlling osteoblast differentiation is highly conserved and regulated …

A growing number of studies have been showing that dietary probiotics can exert beneficial
health effects in both humans and animals. We previously demonstrated that dietary …

Vitamins D and K are essential fat‐soluble nutrients that intervene in bone development
processes among other biological functions. The present study is aimed at investigating the …

Insufficient physical activity (PA) in children is considered one of the major contributors to
obesity and cardiometabolic complications later in life. Although regular exercise may …

The toxicity of nano-materials has received increasing attention in recent years.
Nevertheless, relatively few studies have focused on their oceanic distributions and …

Complementary DNA of osteoblast-specific genes (dlx5, runx2a, runx2b, osterix, RANKL,
type I collagen, ALP, and osteocalcin) was cloned from goldfish (Carassius auratus) scale …