Connexin 43 Channels Are Essential for Normal Bone Structure and Osteocyte Viability

Lumbar Vertebral Body Bone Microstructural Scaling in Small to Medium-Sized Strepsirhines

(2014) Roberto J. Fajardo et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

The G60S connexin 43 mutation activates the osteoblast lineage and results in a resorption-stimulating bone matrix and abrogation of old-age-related bone loss

(2013) Tanya Zappitelli et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Prostaglandin E2 affects osteoblast biology in a dose-dependent manner: An in vitro study

(2012) G.O. Ramirez-Yanez et al.   ARCHIVES OF ORAL BIOLOGY

Gap junction and hemichannel functions in osteocytes

(2012) Alayna E. Loiselle et al.   BONE

In vitro and in vivo approaches to study osteocyte biology

(2012) Ivo Kalajzic et al.   BONE

Cell autonomous requirement of connexin 43 for osteocyte survival: Consequences for endocortical resorption and periosteal bone formation

(2011) Nicoletta Bivi et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Osteoblast connexin43 modulates skeletal architecture by regulating both arms of bone remodeling

(2011) Marcus Watkins et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Matrix-embedded cells control osteoclast formation

(2011) Jinhu Xiong et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Evidence for osteocyte regulation of bone homeostasis through RANKL expression

(2011) Tomoki Nakashima et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Enhanced Osteoclastic Resorption and Responsiveness to Mechanical Load in Gap Junction Deficient Bone

(2011) Yue Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Evaluation of signal transduction mechanisms for the mitogenic effects of prostaglandin E2 in normal human bone cells in vitro

(2010) Timothy M. Baylink et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Mechanical induction of PGE2 in osteocytes blocks glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis through both the β-catenin and PKA pathways

(2010) Yukiko Kitase et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

The amazing osteocyte

(2010) Lynda F Bonewald   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Osteocyte: the unrecognized side of bone tissue

(2010) G. Y. Rochefort et al.   OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL

Functions of RANKL/RANK/OPG in bone modeling and remodeling

(2008) Brendan F. Boyce et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Adaptation of Connexin 43-Hemichannel Prostaglandin Release to Mechanical Loading

(2008) Arlene J. Siller-Jackson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Connexin 43 Is Required for the Anti-Apoptotic Effect of Bisphosphonates on Osteocytes and Osteoblasts In Vivo

(2008) Lilian I Plotkin et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Attenuated Response to In Vivo Mechanical Loading in Mice With Conditional Osteoblast Ablation of the Connexin43 Gene (Gja1)

(2008) Susan K Grimston et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Establishment of an Osteocyte-like Cell Line, MLO-Y4

(2006) Yoichi Kato et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH