Roles of vitamin K-dependent protein in biomineralization

M Zhang, Q Zhang, P Du… - … Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - spandidos-publications.com
Vitamin K (VK), a fat-soluble vitamin, is well known as an anticoagulant in the clinic. It is
essential for the post-translational activation of VK-dependent proteins (VKDPs) because …

Evolution and advancements in genomics and epigenomics in OA research: How far we have come

YFM Ramos, SJ Rice, SA Ali, C Pastrello… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent musculoskeletal disease affecting
articulating joint tissues, resulting in local and systemic changes that contribute to increased …

Deficiency and excess in dietary vitamin K3 negatively affect gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) larvae performance and bone health

U Sivagurunathan, D Dominguez, Y Tseng… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the importance of vitamin K to maintaining normal growth, survival, and bone health
in fish, studies on the effect of different dietary levels of vitamin K on marine fish larvae are …

Meta-analysis of erosive hand osteoarthritis identifies four common variants that associate with relatively large effect

U Styrkarsdottir, L Stefansdottir… - Annals of the …, 2023 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Erosive hand osteoarthritis (EHOA) is a severe subset of hand osteoarthritis (OA).
It is unclear if EHOA is genetically different from other forms of OA. Sequence variants at ten …

Advances in our understanding of the mechanism of action of drugs (including traditional Chinese medicines) for the intervention and treatment of osteoporosis

J Lu, D Hu, C Ma, B Shuai - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Osteoporosis (OP) is known as a silent disease in which the loss of bone mass and bone
density does not cause obvious symptoms, resulting in insufficient treatment and preventive …

[HTML][HTML] Two Members of Vitamin-K-Dependent Proteins, Gla-Rich Protein (GRP) and Matrix Gla Protein (MGP), as Possible New Players in the Molecular Mechanism …

B Kurtulus, N Atilgan, M Yilmaz… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Objectives: The pathophysiology of osteoarthritis is mainly unknown. Matrix Gla protein
(MGP) and Gla-rich protein (GRP) are both vitamin-K-dependent mineralization inhibitors. In …

Mechanical stress and inflammation have opposite effects on Wnt signaling in human chondrocytes

RGM Timmermans, AB Blom… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Dysregulation of Wingless and Int‐1 (Wnt) signaling has been strongly associated
with development and progression of osteoarthritis (OA). Here, we set out to investigate the …

Mutation in the CCAL1 locus accounts for bidirectional process of human subchondral bone turnover and cartilage mineralization

A Rodríguez Ruiz, M van Hoolwerff, S Sprangers… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To study the mechanism by which the readthrough mutation in TNFRSF11B,
encoding osteoprotegerin (OPG) with additional 19 amino acids at its C-terminus (OPG-XL) …

[HTML][HTML] A human in vitro 3D neo-cartilage model to explore the response of OA risk genes to hyper-physiological mechanical stress

RGM Timmermans, NGC Bloks, M Tuerlings… - … and Cartilage Open, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Due to the complexity and heterogeneity of osteoarthritis (OA) pathophysiology,
studying the interaction between intrinsic molecular changes in chondrocytes after hyper …

Reduced APPL1 impairs osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells by facilitating MGP expression to disrupt the BMP2 pathway in osteoporosis

W Yuan, W Liu, Y Zhang, X Wang, C Xu, Q Li… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
An imbalance of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) adipogenic and osteogenic
differentiation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis. Our previous …