Brendan F. Boyce

TNF inhibits production of stromal cell-derived factor 1 by bone stromal cells and increases osteoclast precursor mobilization from bone marrow to peripheral blood (2008)

Zhang, Qian, Guo, Ruolin, Schwarz, Edward M, Boyce, Brendan F, Xing, Lianping

Abstract Introduction The objective of the present study was to investigate the role of the stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1)/CXCR4 axis in TNF-induced mobilization of osteoclast precursors...

Increased lymphangiogenesis in joints of mice with inflammatory arthritis (2007)

Zhang, Qian, Lu, Yan, Proulx, Steven T, Guo, Ruolin, Yao, Zhenqiang, Schwarz, Edward M, ...

Abstract Angiogenesis is involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory arthritis, but little is known about the role of lymphangiogenesis in this setting. Here, we examined whether tumor necrosis...

Biology of RANK, RANKL, and osteoprotegerin (2007)

Boyce, Brendan F, Xing, Lianping

Abstract The discovery of the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL)/RANK/osteoprotegerin (OPG) system and its role in the regulation of bone resorption exemplifies how both...

Subnuclear targeting of Runx/Cbfa/AML factors is essential for tissue-specific differentiation during embryonic development (2001)

Choi, Je-Yong, Pratap, Jitesh, Javed, Amjad, Zaidi, Sayyed K., Xing, Lianping, Balint, Eva, ...

Runx (Cbfa/AML) transcription factors are critical for tissue-specific gene expression. A unique targeting signal in the C terminus directs Runx factors to discrete foci within the nucleus. Using...

Bone Resorption Caused by Three Periodontal Pathogens In Vivo in Mice Is Mediated in Part by Prostaglandin

Zubery, Yuval, Dunstan, Colin R., Story, Beryl M., Kesavalu, Lakshmyya, Ebersole, Jeffrey L., Holt, Stanley C., ...

Gingival inflammation, bacterial infection, alveolar bone destruction, and subsequent tooth loss are characteristic features of periodontal disease, but the precise mechanisms of bone loss are poorly...

Generation and characterization of androgen receptor knockout (ARKO) mice: An in vivo model for the study of androgen functions in selective tissues

Yeh, Shuyuan, Tsai, Meng-Yin, Xu, Qingquan, Mu, Xiao-Min, Lardy, Henry, Huang, Ko-En, ...

By using a cre-lox conditional knockout strategy, we report here the generation of androgen receptor knockout (ARKO) mice. Phenotype analysis shows that ARKO male mice have a female-like appearance...

Rescue of osteoclast function by transgenic expression of kinase-deficient Src in src−/− mutant mice

Schwartzberg, Pamela L., Xing, Lianping, Hoffmann, Oskar, Lowell, Clifford A., Garrett, Lisa, Boyce, Brendan F., ...

The Src tyrosine kinase has been implicated in a wide variety of signal transduction pathways, yet despite the nearly ubiquitous expression of c-src, src−/− mice show only one major...

Requirement for NF-κB in osteoclast and B-cell development

Franzoso, Guido, Carlson, Louise, Xing, Lianping, Poljak, Ljiljana, Shores, Elizabeth W., Brown, Keith D., ...

NF-κB is a family of related, dimeric transcription factors that are readily activated in cells by signals associated with stress or pathogens. These factors are critical to host defense, as...

Bone resorption induced by parathyroid hormone is strikingly diminished in collagenase-resistant mutant mice

Zhao, Weiguang, Byrne, Michael H., Boyce, Brendan F., Krane, Stephen M.

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) stimulates bone resorption by acting directly on osteoblasts/stromal cells and then indirectly to increase differentiation and function of osteoclasts. PTH acting on...

Lead Exposure Inhibits Fracture Healing and Is Associated with Increased Chondrogenesis, Delay in Cartilage Mineralization, and a Decrease in Osteoprogenitor Frequency

Carmouche, Jonathan J., Puzas, J. Edward, Zhang, Xinping, Tiyapatanaputi, Prarop, Cory-Slechta, Deborah A., Gelein, Robert, ...

Lead exposure continues to be a significant public health problem. In addition to acute toxicity, Pb has an extremely long half-life in bone. Individuals with past exposure develop increased blood Pb...

Remodeling of cortical bone allografts mediated by adherent rAAV-RANKL and VEGF gene therapy

Ito, Hiromu, Koefoed, Mette, Tiyapatanaputi, Prarop, Gromov, Kirill, Goater, J Jeffrey, Carmouche, Jonathan, ...

Structural allograft healing is limited because of a lack of vascularization and remodeling. To study this we developed a mouse model that recapitulates the clinical aspects of live autograft and...

Genetic evidence for a role for Src family kinases in TNF family receptor signaling and cell survival

Xing, Lianping, Venegas, Ana M., Chen, Amy, Garrett-Beal, Lisa, Boyce, Brendan F., Varmus, Harold E., ...

Mutant src−/− mice have osteopetrosis resulting from defective osteoclasts, the cells that resorb bone. However, signaling pathways involving Src family members in osteoclasts remain unclear. We...

Bone Resorption Caused by Three Periodontal Pathogens In Vivo in Mice Is Mediated in Part by Prostaglandin

Zubery, Yuval, Dunstan, Colin R., Story, Beryl M., Kesavalu, Lakshmyya, Ebersole, Jeffrey L., Holt, Stanley C., ...

Gingival inflammation, bacterial infection, alveolar bone destruction, and subsequent tooth loss are characteristic features of periodontal disease, but the precise mechanisms of bone loss are poorly...

Generation and characterization of androgen receptor knockout (ARKO) mice: An in vivo model for the study of androgen functions in selective tissues

Yeh, Shuyuan, Tsai, Meng-Yin, Xu, Qingquan, Mu, Xiao-Min, Lardy, Henry, Huang, Ko-En, ...

By using a cre-lox conditional knockout strategy, we report here the generation of androgen receptor knockout (ARKO) mice. Phenotype analysis shows that ARKO male mice have a female-like appearance...

Genetic evidence for a role for Src family kinases in TNF family receptor signaling and cell survival

Xing, Lianping, Venegas, Ana M., Chen, Amy, Garrett-Beal, Lisa, Boyce, Brendan F., Varmus, Harold E., ...

Mutant src−/− mice have osteopetrosis resulting from defective osteoclasts, the cells that resorb bone. However, signaling pathways involving Src family members in osteoclasts remain unclear. We...

Rescue of osteoclast function by transgenic expression of kinase-deficient Src in src−/− mutant mice

Schwartzberg, Pamela L., Xing, Lianping, Hoffmann, Oskar, Lowell, Clifford A., Garrett, Lisa, Boyce, Brendan F., ...

The Src tyrosine kinase has been implicated in a wide variety of signal transduction pathways, yet despite the nearly ubiquitous expression of c-src, src−/− mice show only one major...

Requirement for NF-κB in osteoclast and B-cell development

Franzoso, Guido, Carlson, Louise, Xing, Lianping, Poljak, Ljiljana, Shores, Elizabeth W., Brown, Keith D., ...

NF-κB is a family of related, dimeric transcription factors that are readily activated in cells by signals associated with stress or pathogens. These factors are critical to host defense, as...

Bone resorption induced by parathyroid hormone is strikingly diminished in collagenase-resistant mutant mice

Zhao, Weiguang, Byrne, Michael H., Boyce, Brendan F., Krane, Stephen M.

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) stimulates bone resorption by acting directly on osteoblasts/stromal cells and then indirectly to increase differentiation and function of osteoclasts. PTH acting on...

Lead Exposure Inhibits Fracture Healing and Is Associated with Increased Chondrogenesis, Delay in Cartilage Mineralization, and a Decrease in Osteoprogenitor Frequency

Carmouche, Jonathan J., Puzas, J. Edward, Zhang, Xinping, Tiyapatanaputi, Prarop, Cory-Slechta, Deborah A., Gelein, Robert, ...

Lead exposure continues to be a significant public health problem. In addition to acute toxicity, Pb has an extremely long half-life in bone. Individuals with past exposure develop increased blood Pb...

Biology of RANK, RANKL, and osteoprotegerin

Boyce, Brendan F, Xing, Lianping

The discovery of the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL)/RANK/osteoprotegerin (OPG) system and its role in the regulation of bone resorption exemplifies how both serendipity and a...

Increased lymphangiogenesis in joints of mice with inflammatory arthritis

Zhang, Qian, Lu, Yan, Proulx, Steven T, Guo, Ruolin, Yao, Zhenqiang, Schwarz, Edward M, ...

Angiogenesis is involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory arthritis, but little is known about the role of lymphangiogenesis in this setting. Here, we examined whether tumor necrosis factor (TNF)...

Decreased C-Src Expression Enhances Osteoblast Differentiation and Bone Formation

Marzia, Marilena, Sims, Natalie A., Voit, Susanne, Migliaccio, Silvia, Taranta, Anna, Bernardini, Silvia, ...

c-src deletion in mice leads to osteopetrosis as a result of reduced bone resorption due to an alteration of the osteoclast. We report that deletion/reduction of Src expression enhances osteoblast...

Osteoclast Precursor Interaction with Bone Matrix Induces Osteoclast Formation Directly by an Interleukin-1-mediated Autocrine Mechanism*

Yao, Zhenqiang, Xing, Lianping, Qin, Chunlin, Schwarz, Edward M., Boyce, Brendan F.

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) mediate bone resorption in a variety of diseases affecting bone. Like TNF, IL-1 is secreted by osteoclast precursors (OCPs), but unlike TNF, it...

VEGF-C, a Lymphatic Growth Factor, Is a RANKL Target Gene in Osteoclasts That Enhances Osteoclastic Bone Resorption through an Autocrine Mechanism*S⃞

Zhang, Qian, Guo, Ruolin, Lu, Yan, Zhao, Lan, Zhou, Quan, Schwarz, Edward M., ...

Osteoclasts are bone-resorbing cells, but they also secrete and respond to cytokines. Here, we test the hypothesis that osteoclasts secrete the lymphatic growth factor, VEGF-C, to increase their...

Murine and Chicken Chondrocytes Regulate Osteoclastogenesis by Producing RANKL in Response to BMP2

Usui, Michihiko, Xing, Lianping, Drissi, Hicham, Zuscik, Michael, O'Keefe, Regis, Chen, Di, ...

Chondrocytes express RANKL, but their role in osteoclastogenesis is not clear. We report that hypertrophic chondrocytes induce osteoclast formation through RANKL production stimulated by BMP2 and...

Ubiquitin Ligase Smurf1 Mediates Tumor Necrosis Factor-induced Systemic Bone Loss by Promoting Proteasomal Degradation of Bone Morphogenetic Signaling Proteins*S⃞

Guo, Ruolin, Yamashita, Motozo, Zhang, Qian, Zhou, Quan, Chen, Di, Reynolds, David G., ...

Chronic inflammatory disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, are often accompanied by systemic bone loss, which is thought to occur through inflammatory cytokine-mediated stimulation of osteoclast...

NF-κB p100 limits TNF-induced bone resorption in mice by a TRAF3-dependent mechanism

Yao, Zhenqiang, Xing, Lianping, Boyce, Brendan F.

TNF and RANKL mediate bone destruction in common bone diseases, including osteoarthritis and RA. They activate NF-κB canonical signaling directly in osteoclast precursors (OCPs) to induce osteoclast...