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Rib Fractures and Death from Deletion of Osteoblast βcatenin in Adult Mice Is Rescued by Corticosteroids

Ribs are primarily made of cortical bone and are necessary for chest expansion and ventilation. Rib fractures represent the most common type of non-traumatic fractures in the elderly yet few studies have focused on the biology of rib fragility. Here, we show that deletion of βcatenin in Col1a2 expre...

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Autores principales: Duan, JinZhu, Lee, Yueh, Jania, Corey, Gong, Jucheng, Rojas, Mauricio, Burk, Laurel, Willis, Monte, Homeister, Jonathon, Tilley, Stephen, Rubin, Janet, Deb, Arjun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23393600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055757