The skeleton : biochemical, genetic, and molecular interactions in development and homeostasis

I. Chondrogenesis, Chondrocytes, and Cartilage Molecular Basis of Cell-Cell Interaction and Signaling in Mesenchymal Chondrogenesis Rocky S. Tuan Chondrocyte Cell Fate Determination in Response to Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Lillian Shum, Yuji Hatakeyama, Julius Leyton, and Kazuaki Nonaka Regulation of Chondrocyte Differentiation Andreia M. Ionescu, M. Hicham Drissi, and Regis J. O'Keefe Continuous Expression of Cbfa1 in Nonhypertrophic Chondrocytes Uncovers Its Ability to Induce Hypertrophic Chondrocyte Differentiation and Partially Rescues Cbfa1-Deficient Mice Shu Takeda, Jean-Pierre Bonnamy, Michael J. Owen, Patricia Ducy, and Gerard Karsenty Molecular Biology and Biosynthesis of Collagens Johanna Myllyharju Mechanotransduction Pathways in Cartilage Qian Chen II. Control of Skeletal Development Molecular Genetic Analysis of the Role of the HoxD Complex in Skeletal Development: Impact of the loxP/Cre System in Targeted Mutagenesis of the Mouse HoxD Complex Marie Kmita, Denis Duboule, and Jozsef Zakany Control of Development and Homeostasis Via Regulation of BMP, Wnt, and Hedgehog Signaling Renee Hackenmiller, Catherine Degnin, and Jan Christian FGF4 and Skeletal Morphogenesis Valerie Ngo-Muller, Shaoguang Li, Scott A. Schaller, Manjong Han, Jennifer Farrington, Minoru Omi, Rosalie Anderson, and Ken Muneoka Retinoid Signaling and Skeletal Development Andrea D. Weston and T. Michael Underhill Retinoids and Indian Hedgehog Orchestrate Long Bone Development Maurizio Pacifici, Chiara Gentili, Eleanor Golden, and Eiki Koyama III. Osteoblastic Cell Differentiation Synergy Between Osteogenic Protein-1 and Osteotropic Factors in the Stimulation of Rat Osteoblastic Cell Differentiation John C. Lee and Lee-Chuan C. Yeh Bone MorphogenicProteins, Osteoblast Differentiation, and Cell Survival During Osteogenesis Cun-Yu Wang Osteoclast Differentiation Sakamuri V. Reddy and G. David Roodman IV. Bone Induction, Growth, and Remodeling Soluble Signals and Insoluble Substrata: Novel Molecular Cues Instructing the Induction of Bone Ugo Ripamonti, Nathaniel L. Ramoshebi, Janet Patton, Thato Matsaba, June Teare, and Louise Renton Perichondrial and Periosteal Regulation of Endochondral Growth Dana L. Di Nino and Thomas F. Linsenmayer Computer Simulations of Cancellous Bone Remodeling Jacqueline C. van der Linden, Harrie Weinans, and Jan A. N. Verhaar Effects of Microgravity on Skeletal Remodeling and Bone Cells Pierre J. Marie V. Bone Mineralization Quantitative Analyses of the Development of Different Hard Tissues Siegfried Arnold, Hans J. Hohling, and Ulrich Plate Fetal Mineral Homeostasis and Skeletal Mineralization Christopher S. Kovacs Control of Osteoblast Function and Bone Extracellular Matrix Mineralization by Vitamin D Johannes P. T. M. van Leeuwen, Marjolein van Driel, and Hulbert A. P. Pols VI. Skeletal Dysmorphology Role of Pax3 and PDGF-a Receptor in Skeletal Morphogenesis and Facial Clefting Simon J. Conway Genetics of Achondroplasia and Hypochondroplasia Giedre Grigelioniene Effects of Boric Acid on Hox Gene Expression and the Axial Skeleton in the Developing Rat Michael G. Narotsky, Nathalie Wery, Bonnie T. Hamby, Deborah S. Best, Nathalie Pacico, Jacques J. Picard, Francoise Gofflot, and Robert J. Kavlock Toxicant-Induced Lumbar and Cervical Ribs in Rodents John M. Rogers, R. Woodrow Setzer, and Neil Chernoff Experimental Skeletal Dysmorphology: Risk Assessment Issues Rochelle W. Tyl, Melissa C. Marr, and Christina B. Myers Index