Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto

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1 Potent inhibition of heterotopic ossification by nuclear retinoic acid receptor-γ agonists. Nat Med 2011 2.40
2 A distinct cohort of progenitor cells participates in synovial joint and articular cartilage formation during mouse limb skeletogenesis. Dev Biol 2008 2.09
3 Developmental regulation of Wnt/beta-catenin signals is required for growth plate assembly, cartilage integrity, and endochondral ossification. J Biol Chem 2005 2.04
4 Conditional Kif3a ablation causes abnormal hedgehog signaling topography, growth plate dysfunction, and excessive bone and cartilage formation during mouse skeletogenesis. Development 2007 1.97
5 Wnt/beta-catenin signaling stimulates matrix catabolic genes and activity in articular chondrocytes: its possible role in joint degeneration. Lab Invest 2008 1.58
6 Runx2 deficiency in chondrocytes causes adipogenic changes in vitro. J Cell Sci 2004 1.44
7 Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synovial joint and articular cartilage formation. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006 1.23
8 Transcription factor ERG and joint and articular cartilage formation during mouse limb and spine skeletogenesis. Dev Biol 2007 1.21
9 Wnt/beta-catenin and retinoic acid receptor signaling pathways interact to regulate chondrocyte function and matrix turnover. J Biol Chem 2009 1.16
10 Sonic hedgehog is involved in osteoblast differentiation by cooperating with BMP-2. J Cell Physiol 2002 1.16
11 Roles of β-catenin signaling in phenotypic expression and proliferation of articular cartilage superficial zone cells. Lab Invest 2011 1.13
12 Retinoic acid receptors are required for skeletal growth, matrix homeostasis and growth plate function in postnatal mouse. Dev Biol 2009 1.11
13 Transient activation of Wnt/{beta}-catenin signaling induces abnormal growth plate closure and articular cartilage thickening in postnatal mice. Am J Pathol 2009 1.10
14 Indian and sonic hedgehogs regulate synchondrosis growth plate and cranial base development and function. Dev Biol 2006 1.10
15 Heparan sulfate in skeletal development, growth, and pathology: the case of hereditary multiple exostoses. Dev Dyn 2013 1.08
16 The critical role of the epidermal growth factor receptor in endochondral ossification. J Bone Miner Res 2011 1.04
17 Transforming growth factor-beta and Wnt signals regulate chondrocyte differentiation through Twist1 in a stage-specific manner. Mol Endocrinol 2007 1.03
18 Synovial joint formation during mouse limb skeletogenesis: roles of Indian hedgehog signaling. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007 1.01
19 Synovial joint formation requires local Ext1 expression and heparan sulfate production in developing mouse embryo limbs and spine. Dev Biol 2010 0.96
20 Tendon progenitor cells in injured tendons have strong chondrogenic potential: the CD105-negative subpopulation induces chondrogenic degeneration. Stem Cells 2014 0.95
21 Epiphyseal abnormalities, trabecular bone loss and articular chondrocyte hypertrophy develop in the long bones of postnatal Ext1-deficient mice. Bone 2013 0.94
22 Intervertebral disc development is regulated by Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2011 0.89
23 Loss of β-catenin induces multifocal periosteal chondroma-like masses in mice. Am J Pathol 2012 0.87
24 Small GTPase protein Rac-1 is activated with maturation and regulates cell morphology and function in chondrocytes. Exp Cell Res 2008 0.86
25 Toward regeneration of articular cartilage. Birth Defects Res C Embryo Today 2013 0.85
26 Distribution of slow-cycling cells in epiphyseal cartilage and requirement of β-catenin signaling for their maintenance in growth plate. J Orthop Res 2014 0.85
27 Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling regulates epiphyseal cartilage development through β-catenin-dependent and -independent pathways. J Biol Chem 2013 0.84
28 The balancing act of transcription factors C-1-1 and Runx2 in articular cartilage development. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005 0.83
29 Syndecan-3: a cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan important for chondrocyte proliferation and function during limb skeletogenesis. J Bone Miner Metab 2005 0.83
30 Endogenous retinoids in mammalian growth plate cartilage: analysis and roles in matrix homeostasis and turnover. J Biol Chem 2010 0.82
31 Human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells in the cultured rabbit intervertebral disc: a novel cell source for disc repair. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2013 0.78
32 Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in a Percutaneous Mouse Tail Injury Model. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2017 0.75