Evidence for the role of connexin 43-mediated intercellular communication in the process of intracortical bone resorption via osteocytic osteolysis

Connexin 43 deficiency desensitizes bone to the effects of mechanical unloading through modulation of both arms of bone remodeling

(2013) Shane A. Lloyd et al.   BONE

Absence of Cx43 selectively from osteocytes enhances responsiveness to mechanical force in mice

(2013) Nicoletta Bivi et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH

Microgravity Induces Pelvic Bone Loss through Osteoclastic Activity, Osteocytic Osteolysis, and Osteoblastic Cell Cycle Inhibition by CDKN1a/p21

(2013) Elizabeth A. Blaber et al.   PLoS One

Beyond gap junctions: Connexin43 and bone cell signaling

(2012) Lilian I. Plotkin et al.   BONE

Connexin 43 deficiency attenuates loss of trabecular bone and prevents suppression of cortical bone formation during unloading

(2012) Shane A Lloyd et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Demonstration of osteocytic perilacunar/canalicular remodeling in mice during lactation

(2012) Hai Qing et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Bone Turnover in Wild Type and Pleiotrophin-Transgenic Mice Housed for Three Months in the International Space Station (ISS)

(2012) Sara Tavella et al.   PLoS One

Enhanced Periosteal and Endocortical Responses to Axial Tibial Compression Loading in Conditional Connexin43 Deficient Mice

(2012) Susan K. Grimston et al.   PLoS One

WISE-2005: Bed-rest induced changes in bone mineral density in women during 60days simulated microgravity

(2011) Gisela Beller et al.   BONE

Connexin43 deficiency reduces the sensitivity of cortical bone to the effects of muscle paralysis

(2011) Susan K Grimston et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

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

Connexin43 interacts with βarrestin: A pre-requisite for osteoblast survival induced by parathyroid hormone

(2011) Nicoletta Bivi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Matrix-embedded cells control osteoclast formation

(2011) Jinhu Xiong et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

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

(2011) Yue Zhang et al.   PLoS One

The amazing osteocyte

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

Reduced physical activity corresponds with greater bone loss at the trabecular than the cortical bone sites in men

(2009) Taru Tervo et al.   BONE

Bone loss in the lower leg during 35 days of bed rest is predominantly from the cortical compartment

(2009) Jörn Rittweger et al.   BONE

Sclerostin Mediates Bone Response to Mechanical Unloading Through Antagonizing Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

(2009) Chuwen Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Osteocyte Remodeling of the Perilacunar and Pericanalicular Matrix

(2009) Hai Qing et al.   International Journal of Oral Science

Do osteocytes contribute to bone mineral homeostasis? Osteocytic osteolysis revisited

(2008) Anna Teti et al.   BONE