Osteoblast-secreted factors promote proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells via VEGF/heme-oxygenase-1 pathway.

The hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFα) are the critical factors that couple angiogenesis and osteogenesis by activating transcription of VEGF in osteoblasts. Mice lacking von Hippel-Lindau gene (Vhl), thus overexpressing HIFα in osteoblasts develop extremely dense and highly vascularized long bones. H...

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Main Authors: Lian-Fang Zhang, Jin Qi, GuiLai Zuo, Peng Jia, Xing Shen, Jin Shao, Hui Kang, HuiLin Yang, LianFu Deng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4062480?pdf=render