Whole genome sequencing of canids reveals genomic regions under selection and variants influencing morphology

J Plassais, J Kim, BW Davis, DM Karyadi… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Domestic dog breeds are characterized by an unrivaled diversity of morphologic traits and
breed-associated behaviors resulting from human selective pressures. To identify the …

Murine axial compression tibial loading model to study bone mechanobiology: implementing the model and reporting results

RP Main, SJ Shefelbine, LB Meakin… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In vivo, tibial loading in mice is increasingly used to study bone adaptation and
mechanotransduction. To achieve standardized and defined experimental conditions …

Using finite element modeling in bone mechanoadaptation

QA Meslier, SJ Shefelbine - Current osteoporosis reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review Bone adapts structure and material properties in response
to its mechanical environment, a process called mechanoadpatation. For the past 50 years …

Impaired proteoglycan glycosylation, elevated TGF-β signaling, and abnormal osteoblast differentiation as the basis for bone fragility in a mouse model for gerodermia …

WL Chan, M Steiner, T Witkos, J Egerer, B Busse… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Gerodermia osteodysplastica (GO) is characterized by skin laxity and early-onset
osteoporosis. GORAB, the responsible disease gene, encodes a small Golgi protein of …

Adaptive changes in micromechanical environments of cancellous and cortical bone in response to in vivo loading and disuse

H Yang, X Xu, W Bullock, RP Main - Journal of biomechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
The skeleton accommodates changes in mechanical environments by increasing bone
mass under increased loads and decreasing bone mass under disuse. However, little is …

Oral delivery of teriparatide using a nanoemulsion system: design, in vitro and in vivo evaluation

BM Altaani, AM Almaaytah, S Dadou, K Alkhamis… - Pharmaceutical …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Investigate the possibility of delivering teriparatide orally using nanoemulsion.
Method Teriparatide was allowed to interact with chitosan in the presence of HPβCD. The …

Manipulating load-induced fluid flow in vivo to promote bone adaptation

QA Meslier, N DiMauro, P Somanchi, S Nano… - Bone, 2022 - Elsevier
Mechanical stimulation is critical to maintaining bone mass and strength. Strain has been
commonly thought of as the mechanical stimulus driving bone adaptation. However …

Interactive effects of various loading parameters on the fluid dynamics within the lacunar-canalicular system for a single osteocyte

H Wang, T Du, R Li, RP Main, H Yang - Bone, 2022 - Elsevier
The osteocyte lacunar-canalicular system (LCS) serves as a mechanotransductive core
where external loading applied to the skeleton is transduced into mechanical signals (eg …

Non-invasive prediction of the mouse tibia mechanical properties from microCT images: comparison between different finite element models

S Oliviero, M Roberts, R Owen, GC Reilly… - … and Modeling in …, 2021 - Springer
New treatments for bone diseases require testing in animal models before clinical
translation, and the mouse tibia is among the most common models. In vivo micro-Computed …

Cancellous bone may have a greater adaptive strain threshold than cortical bone

H Yang, WA Bullock, A Myhal… - Journal of Bone and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Strain magnitude has a controlling influence on bone adaptive response. However,
questions remain as to how and if cancellous and cortical bone tissues respond differently to …