Mechanisms of bone development and repair

A Salhotra, HN Shah, B Levi… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Bone development occurs through a series of synchronous events that result in the
formation of the body scaffold. The repair potential of bone and its surrounding …

SOX9 and the many facets of its regulation in the chondrocyte lineage

V Lefebvre, M Dvir-Ginzberg - Connective tissue research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT SOX9 is a pivotal transcription factor in develo** and adult cartilage. Its gene
is expressed from the multipotent skeletal progenitor stage and is active throughout …

Nanoparticle–cartilage interaction: pathology-based intra-articular drug delivery for osteoarthritis therapy

X Li, B Dai, J Guo, L Zheng, Q Guo, J Peng, J Xu… - Nano-micro letters, 2021 - Springer
Osteoarthritis is the most prevalent chronic and debilitating joint disease, resulting in huge
medical and socioeconomic burdens. Intra-articular administration of agents is clinically …

Cartilage damage in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis—two unequal siblings

T Pap, A Korb-Pap - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2015 - nature.com
Cartilage damage is a key feature of degenerative joint disorders—primarily osteoarthritis
(OA)—and chronic inflammatory joint diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …

SOX9 keeps growth plates and articular cartilage healthy by inhibiting chondrocyte dedifferentiation/osteoblastic redifferentiation

A Haseeb, R Kc, M Angelozzi… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Cartilage is essential throughout vertebrate life. It starts develo** in embryos when
osteochondroprogenitor cells commit to chondrogenesis, activate a pancartilaginous …

The transcription factors SOX9 and SOX5/SOX6 cooperate genome-wide through super-enhancers to drive chondrogenesis

CF Liu, V Lefebvre - Nucleic acids research, 2015 - academic.oup.com
SOX9 is a transcriptional activator required for chondrogenesis, and SOX5 and SOX6 are
closely related DNA-binding proteins that critically enhance its function. We use here …

SOX9 in organogenesis: shared and unique transcriptional functions

Z Ming, B Vining, S Bagheri-Fam, V Harley - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2022 - Springer
The transcription factor SOX9 is essential for the development of multiple organs including
bone, testis, heart, lung, pancreas, intestine and nervous system. Mutations in the human …

Genetic variants in GPR126 are associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

I Kou, Y Takahashi, TA Johnson, A Takahashi, L Guo… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common pediatric skeletal disease. We
previously reported a locus on chromosome 10q24. 31 associated with AIS susceptibility in …

Sox9 deletion causes severe intervertebral disc degeneration characterized by apoptosis, matrix remodeling, and compartment-specific transcriptomic changes

M Tsingas, OK Ottone, A Haseeb, RA Barve… - Matrix Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
SOX9 plays an important role in chondrocyte differentiation and, in the develo** axial
skeleton, maintains the notochord and the demarcation of intervertebral disc compartments …

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a review of aetiological theories of a multifactorial disease

S Marya, AD Tambe, PA Millner… - The bone & joint …, 2022 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), defined by an age at presentation of 11 to 18 years,
has a prevalence of 0.47% and accounts for approximately 90% of all cases of idiopathic …