The roles and regulatory mechanisms of TGF-β and BMP signaling in bone and cartilage development, homeostasis and disease

M Wu, S Wu, W Chen, YP Li - Cell Research, 2024 - nature.com
Transforming growth factor-βs (TGF-βs) and bone morphometric proteins (BMPs) belong to
the TGF-β superfamily and perform essential functions during osteoblast and chondrocyte …

ACVR1 function in health and disease

JA Valer, C Sánchez-de-Diego, C Pimenta-Lopes… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Activin A receptor type I (ACVR1) encodes for a bone morphogenetic protein type I receptor
of the TGFβ receptor superfamily. It is involved in a wide variety of biological processes …

Extracellular calcium promotes bone formation from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells by amplifying the effects of BMP-2 on SMAD signalling

R Aquino-Martínez, N Artigas, B Gámez, JL Rosa… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the molecular events that regulate osteoblast differentiation is essential for
the development of effective approaches to bone regeneration. In this study, we analysed …

Advancing treatment of bone metastases through novel translational approaches targeting the bone microenvironment

N Sethakorn, E Heninger, C Sanchez-de-Diego… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Solid tumors such as prostate, breast, and lung cancers frequently spread
to bone, causing severe pain, disability, and cancer-related deaths. The multiple types of …

Calcium-containing scaffolds induce bone regeneration by regulating mesenchymal stem cell differentiation and migration

R Aquino-Martínez, AP Angelo, FV Pujol - Stem cell research & therapy, 2017 - Springer
Background Osteoinduction and subsequent bone formation rely on efficient mesenchymal
stem cell (MSC) recruitment. It is also known that migration is induced by gradients of growth …

Phenotypic Discovery of Triazolo[1,5-c]quinazolines as a First-In-Class Bone Morphogenetic Protein Amplifier Chemotype

F Wesseler, S Lohmann, D Riege… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Phenotypic drug discovery (PDD) continues to fuel the research and development pipelines
with first-in-class therapeutic modalities, but success rates critically depend on the quality of …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and characterization of long non-coding RNAs in osteogenic differentiation of human adipose-derived stem cells

G Huang, Y Kang, Z Huang, Z Zhang, F Meng… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2017 - karger.com
Background/Aims: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in stem cell
differentiation. However, their role in osteogenesis of human adipose-derived stem cells …

Suppression of Overactive Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Attenuates Trauma-Induced Heterotopic Ossification in Mice

D Mao, K Wang, H Jiang, J Mi, X Pan, G Zhao… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the ectopic bone formation in soft tissues. Aside from
hereditary HO, traumatic HO is common after orthopedic surgery, combat-related injuries …

Targeting osteoblastic 11β-HSD1 to combat high-fat diet-induced bone loss and obesity

C Zhong, N Li, S Wang, D Li, Z Yang, L Du… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Excessive glucocorticoid (GC) action is linked to various metabolic disorders. Recent
findings suggest that disrupting skeletal GC signaling prevents bone loss and alleviates …

Circulating exosomes repair endothelial cell damage by delivering miR‐193a‐5p

C Cao, B Wang, J Tang, J Zhao, J Guo… - Journal of cellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Circulating exosomes delivering microRNAs are involved in the occurrence and
development of cardiovascular diseases. How are the circulating exosomes involved in the …