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WNT7B increases osteoblast number and activity.

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posted on 2014-01-30, 02:47 authored by Jianquan Chen, Xiaolin Tu, Emel Esen, Kyu Sang Joeng, Congxin Lin, Jeffrey M. Arbeit, Markus A. Rüegg, Michael N. Hall, Liang Ma, Fanxin Long

(A, B) H&E staining of longitudinal tibia sections from two-month-old control (A) or ColI-Wnt7b littermates (B). 1°, 2°: primary and secondary ossification center. Shown to the right are higher magnification images of secondary ossification center (A1, B1), growth plate (A2, B2), primary spongiosa (A3, B3), and marrow region (A4, B4). Scale bar: 0.5 mm in panels A, B; 0.1 mm in panels A1–A4, B1–B4. (C) Serum osteocalcin levels of control (C) and ColI-Wnt7b littermates (7b) at one and two months of age. (D) Number of osteoblasts normalized to trabecular bone perimeter on longitudinal tibia sections. (E–F) Representative images of calcein double labeling in the humerus of two-month-old control (E) and ColI-Wnt7b (F) littermates. (G) Dynamic histomorphometry parameters from secondary ossification center of the humerus. MAR: mineral apposite rate; MS/BS: mineralizing surface over bone surface; BFR/BS: bone formation rate. (H) Serum CTX-I levels. (I) Osteoclast parameters from histomorphometry. #Oc/mm: osteoclast number normalized to trabecular bone perimeter, µm/Oc (average osteoclast surface), Oc S/BS (osteoclast surface normalized to bone surface). All bar graphs show mean ± STDEV, *: P<0.05, n = 3.