Thrombospondin-2 deficiency in growing mice alters bone collagen ultrastructure and leads to a brittle bone phenotype

Rapidly growing Brtl/+ mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta improves bone mass and strength with sclerostin antibody treatment

(2015) Benjamin P. Sinder et al.   BONE

Thrombospondin-2 and extracellular matrix assembly

(2014) Nicole E. Calabro et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Thrombospondin-1 Regulates Bone Homeostasis Through Effects on Bone Matrix Integrity and Nitric Oxide Signaling in Osteoclasts

(2014) Sarah R Amend et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Thrombospondin-2 facilitates assembly of a type-I collagen-rich matrix in marrow stromal cells undergoing osteoblastic differentiation

(2013) Andrea I. Alford et al.   CONNECTIVE TISSUE RESEARCH

Progression of lumbar spinal stenosis is influenced by polymorphism of thrombospondin 2 gene in the Korean population

(2013) Seung-Jae Hyun et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Periostin Deficiency Increases Bone Damage and Impairs Injury Response to Fatigue Loading in Adult Mice

(2013) Nicolas Bonnet et al.   PLoS One

Two Molecular Weight Species of Thrombospondin-2 Are Present in Bone and Differentially Modulated in Fractured and Nonfractured Tibiae in a Murine Model of Bone Healing

(2012) Andrea I. Alford et al.   CALCIFIED TISSUE INTERNATIONAL

Heterogeneous Glycation of Cancellous Bone and Its Association with Bone Quality and Fragility

(2012) Lamya Karim et al.   PLoS One

Effects of Bone Matrix Proteins on Fracture and Fragility in Osteoporosis

(2012) Grażyna E. Sroga et al.   Current Osteoporosis Reports

Interactions between extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and P38 Map kinase pathways in the control of RUNX2 phosphorylation and transcriptional activity

(2011) Chunxi Ge et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

The Thrombospondins

(2011) J. C. Adams et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Osteopontin deficiency increases bone fragility but preserves bone mass

(2010) Philipp J. Thurner et al.   BONE

Thrombospondin-2 is an endogenous adipocyte inhibitor

(2010) Hailu S. Shitaye et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Beam hardening artifacts in micro-computed tomography scanning can be reduced by X-ray beam filtration and the resulting images can be used to accurately measure BMD

(2009) Jeffrey A. Meganck et al.   BONE

Thrombospondin-2 regulates matrix mineralization in MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts

(2009) Andrea I. Alford et al.   BONE

Thrombospondin-2 Influences the Proportion of Cartilage and Bone During Fracture Healing

(2009) Douglas K Taylor et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Systems analysis of bone

(2009) Karl J. Jepsen   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Systems Biology and Medicine

A Functional Polymorphism in THBS2 that Affects Alternative Splicing and MMP Binding Is Associated with Lumbar-Disc Herniation

(2008) Yuichiro Hirose et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Increased Marrow-Derived Osteoprogenitor Cells and Endosteal Bone Formation in Mice Lacking Thrombospondin 2

(2006) Kurt D. Hankenson et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH