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1 SOX9 enhances aggrecan gene promoter/enhancer activity and is up-regulated by retinoic acid in a cartilage-derived cell line, TC6. J Biol Chem 2000 3.20
2 Enhancement of osteoclastic bone resorption and suppression of osteoblastic bone formation in response to reduced mechanical stress do not occur in the absence of osteopontin. J Exp Med 2001 1.66
3 Establishment of tendon-derived cell lines exhibiting pluripotent mesenchymal stem cell-like property. Exp Cell Res 2003 1.47
4 Osteopontin facilitates angiogenesis, accumulation of osteoclasts, and resorption in ectopic bone. Endocrinology 2001 1.31
5 Parathyroid hormone-induced bone resorption does not occur in the absence of osteopontin. J Biol Chem 2001 1.10
6 Osteopontin deficiency reduces experimental tumor cell metastasis to bone and soft tissues. J Bone Miner Res 2001 1.08
7 Bone morphogenetic protein-2 enhances osterix gene expression in chondrocytes. J Cell Biochem 2003 1.03
8 Hedgehog signaling enhances core-binding factor a1 and receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand (RANKL) gene expression in chondrocytes. J Endocrinol 2003 1.02
9 Overexpression of a single helix-loop-helix-type transcription factor, scleraxis, enhances aggrecan gene expression in osteoblastic osteosarcoma ROS17/2.8 cells. J Biol Chem 1997 1.00
10 Dexamethasone enhances SOX9 expression in chondrocytes. J Endocrinol 2001 0.99
11 Expression of Indian hedgehog in osteoblasts and its posttranscriptional regulation by transforming growth factor-beta. Endocrinology 1997 0.98
12 Smad2 overexpression enhances Smad4 gene expression and suppresses CBFA1 gene expression in osteoblastic osteosarcoma ROS17/2.8 cells and primary rat calvaria cells. J Biol Chem 1998 0.92
13 An osteogenesis-related transcription factor, core-binding factor A1, is constitutively expressed in the chondrocytic cell line TC6, and its expression is upregulated by bone morphogenetic protein-2. J Endocrinol 2000 0.86
14 Elongation of the epiphyseal trabecular bone in transgenic mice carrying a klotho gene locus mutation that leads to a syndrome resembling aging. J Endocrinol 1998 0.86
15 Deficiency of CIZ, a nucleocytoplasmic shuttling protein, prevents unloading-induced bone loss through the enhancement of osteoblastic bone formation in vivo. Bone 2007 0.85
16 Defects in growth and bone metabolism in klotho mutant mice are resistant to GH treatment. J Endocrinol 2002 0.84
17 Sclerotome-related helix-loop-helix type transcription factor (scleraxis) mRNA is expressed in osteoblasts and its level is enhanced by type-beta transforming growth factor. J Endocrinol 1996 0.84
18 Scleraxis messenger ribonucleic acid is expressed in C2C12 myoblasts and its level is down-regulated by bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP2). J Cell Biochem 1997 0.83
19 Identification of a novel suppressive vitamin D response sequence in the 5'-flanking region of the murine Id1 gene. J Biol Chem 1997 0.81
20 Klotho-deficient mice are resistant to bone loss induced by unloading due to sciatic neurectomy. J Endocrinol 2001 0.81
21 Effects of GDF7/BMP12 on proliferation and alkaline phosphatase expression in rat osteoblastic osteosarcoma ROS 17/2.8 cells. J Cell Biochem 1999 0.81
22 Fibroblast growth factor downregulates expression of a basic helix-loop-helix-type transcription factor, scleraxis, in a chondrocyte-like cell line, TC6. J Cell Biochem 1998 0.81
23 Controlled conversion of an immortalized mesodermal progenitor cell towards osteogenic, chondrogenic, or adipogenic pathways. J Cell Biol 1995 0.80
24 Overexpression of Cas-interacting zinc finger protein (CIZ) suppresses proliferation and enhances expression of type I collagen gene in osteoblast-like MC3T3E1 cells. Exp Cell Res 2000 0.79
25 Properties of alkaline phosphatase of the human dental pulp. J Dent Res 1990 0.78
26 BMP-4 mediates interacting signals between the neural tube and skin along the dorsal midline. Genes Cells 1996 0.78
27 Unloading-induced bone loss was suppressed in gold-thioglucose treated mice. J Cell Biochem 2006 0.77
28 Transcription factors and osteoblasts. Front Biosci 1998 0.77
29 Local application of bone morphogenic protein on developing chick embryos using fibrous glass matrix as a carrier. Methods Mol Biol 2000 0.77
30 Long-term effects of local pretreatment with alendronate on healing of replanted rat teeth. J Periodontal Res 2008 0.76
31 Induction of apoptosis of monocyte-macrophage lineage cells by 5-S-GAD. FEBS Lett 1999 0.76
32 Expression of mRNA encoding tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase in human dental tissues. Calcif Tissue Int 1999 0.75
33 Articular cartilage cells immortalized by a temperature sensitive mutant of SV40 large T antigen survive and form cartilage tissue in articular cartilage environment. J Cell Biochem 1999 0.75