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A Rat Tibial Growth Plate Injury Model to Characterize Repair Mechanisms and Evaluate Growth Plate Regeneration Strategies
Published on: July 4, 2017
Role of FGFs/FGFRs in skeletal development and bone regeneration
Xiaolan Du1, Yangli Xie, Cory J Xian
1State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Abstract:
Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)/FGF (FGFR) signaling is an important pathway involved in skeletal development. Missense mutations in FGFs and FGFRs were found clinically to cause multiple congenital skeleton diseases including chondrodysplasia, craniosynostosis, syndromes with dysregulated phosphate metabolism. FGFs/FGFRs also have crucial roles in bone fracture repair and bone regeneration. Understanding the molecular mechanisms for the role of FGFs/FGFRs in the regulation of skeletal development, genetic skeletal diseases, and fracture healing will ultimately lead to better treatment of skeleton diseases caused by mutations of FGFs/FGFRs and fracture. This review summarizes the major findings on the role of FGF signaling in skeletal development, genetic skeletal diseases and bone healing, and discusses issues that remain to be resolved in applying FGF signaling-related measures to promote bone healing. This review has also provided a perspective view on future work for exploring the roles and action mechanisms of FGF signaling in skeletal development, genetic skeletal diseases, and fracture healing.
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