Cell signaling and transcriptional regulation of osteoblast lineage commitment, differentiation, bone formation, and homeostasis

S Zhu, W Chen, A Masson, YP Li - Cell Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
The initiation of osteogenesis primarily occurs as mesenchymal stem cells undergo
differentiation into osteoblasts. This differentiation process plays a crucial role in bone …

Functions of osteocalcin in bone, pancreas, testis, and muscle

T Komori - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Osteocalcin (Ocn), which is specifically produced by osteoblasts, and is the most abundant
non-collagenous protein in bone, was demonstrated to inhibit bone formation and function …

Osteocalcin: a multifaceted bone-derived hormone

G Karsenty - Annual review of nutrition, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Together, loss-and gain-of-function experiments have identified the bone-derived secreted
molecule osteocalcin as a hormone with a broad reach in rodents and primates. Following …

Paracrine and endocrine actions of bone—the functions of secretory proteins from osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts

Y Han, X You, W **ng, Z Zhang, W Zou - Bone research, 2018 - nature.com
The skeleton is a dynamic organ that is constantly remodeled. Proteins secreted from bone
cells, namely osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts exert regulation on …

Cytokines and abnormal glucose and lipid metabolism

J Shi, J Fan, Q Su, Z Yang - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Clear evidence indicates that cytokines, for instance, adipokines, hepatokines, inflammatory
cytokines, myokines, and osteokines, contribute substantially to the development of …

The role of exercise in the interplay between myokines, hepatokines, osteokines, adipokines, and modulation of inflammation for energy substrate redistribution and …

AM Gonzalez-Gil, L Elizondo-Montemayor - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Exercise is an effective strategy for preventing and treating obesity and its related
cardiometabolic disorders, resulting in significant loss of body fat mass, white adipose tissue …

New insights into the biology of osteocalcin

ML Zoch, TL Clemens, RC Riddle - Bone, 2016 - Elsevier
Osteocalcin is among the most abundant proteins in bone and is produced exclusively by
osteoblasts. Initially believed to be an inhibitor of bone mineralization, recent studies …

The role of osteoblasts in energy homeostasis

N Dirckx, MC Moorer, TL Clemens… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Osteoblasts are specialized mesenchymal cells that synthesize bone matrix and coordinate
the mineralization of the skeleton. These cells work in harmony with osteoclasts, which …

MC4R-dependent suppression of appetite by bone-derived lipocalin 2

I Mosialou, S Shikhel, JM Liu, A Maurizi, N Luo, Z He… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Bone has recently emerged as a pleiotropic endocrine organ that secretes at least two
hormones, FGF23 and osteocalcin, which regulate kidney function and glucose …

[HTML][HTML] Osteocalcin signaling in myofibers is necessary and sufficient for optimum adaptation to exercise

P Mera, K Laue, M Ferron, C Confavreux, J Wei… - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Circulating levels of undercarboxylated and bioactive osteocalcin double during aerobic
exercise at the time levels of insulin decrease. In contrast, circulating levels of osteocalcin …