Wnt signaling in bone formation and its therapeutic potential for bone diseases
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Wnt signaling in bone formation and its therapeutic potential for bone diseases.
The Wnt signaling pathway plays an important role not only in embryonic development but also in the maintenance and differentiation of the stem cells in adulthood. In particular, Wnt signaling has been shown as an important regulatory pathway in the osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells. Induction of the Wnt signaling pathway promotes bone formation while inactivation of the path...
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1759-720X,1759-7218
DOI: 10.1177/1759720x12466608