Osteocytic oxygen sensing controls bone mass through epigenetic regulation of sclerostin

Osteocytes reside in a low oxygen environment, but it is not clear if oxygen sensing regulates their function. Here, the authors show that deletion of the oxygen sensor prolyl hydroxylase 2 in osteocytes leads to increased bone mass via regulation of sclerostin, and reduces bone loss in mouse models...

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Main Authors: Steve Stegen, Ingrid Stockmans, Karen Moermans, Bernard Thienpont, Patrick H. Maxwell, Peter Carmeliet, Geert Carmeliet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04679-7