[HTML][HTML] Heterotopic ossification: a comprehensive review

C Meyers, J Lisiecki, S Miller, A Levin, L Fayad… - JBMR …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a diverse pathologic process, defined as the formation of
extraskeletal bone in muscle and soft tissues. HO can be conceptualized as a tissue repair …

The traumatic bone: trauma-induced heterotopic ossification

D Dey, BM Wheatley, D Cholok, S Agarwal, BY Paul… - Translational …, 2017 - Elsevier
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a common occurrence after multiple forms of extensive
trauma. These include arthroplasties, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, extensive …

[HTML][HTML] Activin-dependent signaling in fibro/adipogenic progenitors causes fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

JB Lees-Shepard, M Yamamoto, AA Biswas… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare autosomal-dominant disorder
characterized by progressive and profoundly disabling heterotopic ossification (HO). Here …

Reduction of New Heterotopic Ossification (HO) in the Open‐Label, Phase 3 MOVE Trial of Palovarotene for Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP)

RJ Pignolo, EC Hsiao, M Al Mukaddam… - Journal of Bone and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an ultra‐rare, severely disabling genetic
disorder of progressive heterotopic ossification (HO). The single‐arm, open‐label, phase 3 …

[HTML][HTML] Activin-A enhances mTOR signaling to promote aberrant chondrogenesis in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

K Hino, K Horigome, M Nishio… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare and intractable disease characterized
by extraskeletal bone formation through endochondral ossification. Patients with FOP harbor …

Depletion of Mast Cells and Macrophages Impairs Heterotopic Ossification in an Acvr1R206H Mouse Model of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

MR Convente, SA Chakkalakal, EJ Yang… - Journal of Bone and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a clinical condition that often reduces mobility and
diminishes quality of life for affected individuals. The most severe form of progressive HO …

Heterotopic ossification of tendon and ligament

Q Zhang, D Zhou, H Wang, J Tan - Journal of cellular and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Much of the similarities of the tissue characteristics, pathologies and mechanisms of
heterotopic ossification (HO) formation are shared between HO of tendon and ligament …

TGF-β family signaling in connective tissue and skeletal diseases

EG MacFarlane, J Haupt… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2017 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) family of signaling molecules, which includes TGF-
βs, activins, inhibins, and numerous bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and growth and …

Transferrin receptor 2 controls bone mass and pathological bone formation via BMP and Wnt signalling

M Rauner, U Baschant, A Roetto, RM Pellegrino… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Transferrin receptor 2 (Tfr2) is mainly expressed in the liver and controls iron
homeostasis. Here, we identify Tfr2 as a regulator of bone homeostasis that inhibits bone …

Therapeutic advances for blocking heterotopic ossification in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

KL Wentworth, U Masharani… - British Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare genetic disease in which heterotopic
bone forms in muscle and soft tissue, leading to joint dysfunction and significant disability …