Cox, K., Katagiri, T., Kunikazu, T., Econimedes, A., Gamer, L., Rosen, V., Lowery, Jonathan W., and Kokabu, S

Enhancing bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling increases bone formation in a variety of settings that target bone repair. However, the role of BMP in the maintenance of adult bone mass is not well understood. Targeted...

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Cox, K., Tsuji, K., Gamer, L.W., Capelo, L.P., Rosen, V., Lowery, Jonathan W., and Beppu, H.

Initiation of BMP signaling is dependent upon activation of Type I BMP receptor by constitutively active Type II BMP receptor. Three Type II BMP receptors have been identified; Acvr2a and Acvr2b serve as receptors for BMPs and...

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Ote, S., Cox, K., Baron, R., Intini, G., Salazar, V., Gamer, L., Lotinun, S., Rosen, V., and Lowery, Jonathan W.

Imbalances in the ratio of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) versus activin and TGF? signaling are increasingly associated with human diseases yet the mechanisms mediating this relationship remain unclear. The type 2 receptors...

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Capelo, L.P., Chappuis, V., Kokabu, S, Lowery, Jonathan W., Rosen, V., Pazin, D., and Intini, G.

While new roles for the adult skeleton as an endocrine organ continue to emerge, our understanding of how bone homeostasis is maintained is also changing. Here we focus on BMP2, a molecule identified by its ability to induce...

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Doci, Colleen L., Gutkind, J. Silvio, and Sakurai, Atsuko

Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from preexisting vasculature, is essential for many physiological processes, and aberrant angiogenesis contributes to some of the most prevalent human diseases, including cancer....

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Doci, Colleen L., Gutkind, J. Silvio, and Sakurai, Atsuko

Semaphorins are a family of membrane-bound and secreted type of proteins which were initially identified as chemorepulsive axon guidance molecules. Plexins and neuropilins are two major receptor families of semaphorins, and...

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