Pin1 null mice exhibit low bone mass and attenuation of BMP signaling.

Bone is constantly formed and resorbed throughout life by coordinated actions of osteoblasts and osteoclasts. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in osteoblast function remain incompletely understood. Here we show, for the first time, that the peptidyl-prolyl isomerase PIN1 controls the osteo...

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Main Authors: Zhong-Jian Shen, Jie Hu, Aktar Ali, Johanne Pastor, Kazuhiro Shiizaki, Robert D Blank, Makoto Kuro-o, James S Malter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3651169?pdf=render