Cytokines in bone diseases. Wnt signal and excessive bone formation
Hosoi, T.
Clinical Calcium 20(10): 1526-1531
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0917-5857 PMID: 20890035 Document Number: 647384
Wnt signal has been known to play various roles in many organ from the beginning of embryogensis. Its role in bone metabolism has also been investigated and established. Lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) is one of the important molecules in wnt signal pathway whose point mutations are related to both bone loss and excessive bone formation. Wnt signal is involved in the action of sclerostin which was found as a gene for osteosclerosis, one of the diseases of excessive bone formation. Wnt signal is keeping the position as an important research target for normal and pathological bone formation.