Bone Abstracts

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Fracture healing is a multistep process that involves many cell lineages and is still not fully understood. We aimed to identify and characterize population of mesenchymal progenitor cells during its commitment within a fracture callus. To identify and trace cells in periosteum and bone marrow we used αSMA promoter-driven inducible Cre expression (αSMA-CreERT2) combined with a Cre-activated tdTomato reporter (Ai9) to generate αSMACre/Ai9 mice. Tibias, fixed with...

Objectives: Losartan is an angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1) antagonist. Losartan reduces circulating TGFb concentrations in a variety of myopathic models. We hypothesised that losartan administration to the murine osteogenesis imperfecta model OIM would result in lower circulating TGFb and CTX (bone resorption marker) and increase bone mass.Methods: All procedures were approved by UConn Health Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and performed...

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Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a highly conserved member of the long pentraxins subfamily produced in response to proinflammatory stimuli. Its biological roles have been associated to infection, female fertility and angiogenesis. We aimed to elucidate the role of PTX3 in the process of fracture healing.WT mice and mice deficient for the PTX3 gene (PTX3-KO) were used, after obtaining the approval from the Ethical committee. Cells from bone marrow and endosteal/per...