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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2018

Smad4 deficiency impairs chondrocyte hypertrophy via the Runx2 transcription factor in mouse skeletal development.

Jianyun Yan, Jun Li, Jun Hu, Lu Zhang, Chengguo Wei, Nishat Sultana, Xiaoqiang Cai, Weijia Zhang, Chen-Leng Cai

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jianyun YanFrom the Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, and The Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029.
Jun LiFrom the Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, and The Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029.
Jun HuFrom the Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, and The Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029.
Lu ZhangFrom the Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, and The Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029.
Chengguo Weithe Renal Division of the Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029.
Nishat SultanaFrom the Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, and The Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029.
Xiaoqiang CaiFrom the Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, and The Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029.
Weijia Zhangthe Renal Division of the Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029.
Chen-Leng CaiFrom the Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, and The Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, chenleng.cai@mssm.edu.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USChild Health and Development Institute · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGYT32HL007824 · NHLBI · MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NYU · PI GELB, BRUCE D · 1995 to 2022
$8.6M
Genetic and Molecular Investigation of Tbx20 in Cardiac DevelopmentR01HL095810 · NHLBI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI CAI, CHENLENG · 2010 to 2014
$2.1M
T-box transcription factor Tbx2 in coronary vascular development and diseaseR01HL131735 · NHLBI · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI CAI, CHENLENG · 2017 to 2020
$2.0M
Tbx1 and canonical Wnt signaling in the second heart fieldR56HL129807 · NHLBI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI CAI, CHENLENG, MORROW, BERNICE E · 2015 to 2015
$705k
T-Box Transcription Factor Tbx20 in Cardiac Development, Function and DiseaseK02HL094688 · NHLBI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI CAI, CHENLENG · 2009 to 2013
$512k
NHLBI NIH HHS K02 HL094688NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL095810NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL131735NHLBI NIH HHS R56 HL129807NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007824
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chondrocyte hypertrophy is the terminal step in chondrocyte differentiation and is crucial for endochondral bone formation. How signaling pathways regulate chondrocyte hypertrophic differentiation remains incompletely understood. In this study, using a

Indexed as

Bone DevelopmentGene DeletionGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationChondrocytesChondrogenesisCore Binding Factor Alpha 1 SubunitHypertrophyMiceOsteochondrodysplasiasSmad4 ProteinCore Binding Factor Alpha 1 SubunitRunx2 protein, mouseSmad4 ProteinSmad4 protein, mousebonechondrocyteChondrocyte differentiationChondrocyte hypertrophychondrogenesisdevelopmentEndochondral bone formationmouseRunx2signalingSmad4SMAD transcription factor

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PMID29735531
PMCPMC6005452
OpenAlexW2802957489

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