Osteoblasts: Differentiation and Function
Data up to Jan 2025
Total Citations Per Year
Abstract
References (191)
The Steroid and Thyroid Hormone Receptor Superfamily
1988 • 7,590 citations
Bone: Formation by Autoinduction
1965 • 5,498 citations
Novel Regulators of Bone Formation: Molecular Clones and Activities
1988 • 3,919 citations
The Transforming Growth Factor-beta Family
1990 • 3,028 citations
Progressive development of the rat osteoblast phenotype in vitro: Reciprocal relationships in expression of genes associated with osteoblast proliferation and differentiation during formation of the bone extracellular matrix
1990 • 1,546 citations
Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein induces bone formation.
1990 • 1,538 citations
Nuclear receptor that identifies a novel retinoic acid response pathway
1990 • 1,529 citations
Negative regulation of transforming growth factor-β by the proteoglycan decorin
1990 • 1,490 citations
Stimulation of bone resorption and inhibition of bone formation in vitro by human tumour necrosis factors
1986 • 1,433 citations
Some recent advances in the chemistry and biology of transforming growth factor-beta.
1987 • 1,308 citations
Evidence of Estrogen Receptors in Normal Human Osteoblast-Like Cells
1988 • 1,246 citations
Osteonectin, a bone-specific protein linking mineral to collagen
1981 • 1,131 citations
Cloning and sequence analysis of rat bone sialoprotein (osteopontin) cDNA reveals an Arg-Gly-Asp cell-binding sequence.
1986 • 1,078 citations
Bone and Mineral Research
1990 • 1,070 citations
An interleukin 1 like factor stimulates bone resorption in vitro
1983 • 1,017 citations
Identification and spatial distribution of retinoids in the developing chick limb bud
1987 • 964 citations
OSTEOBLASTIC CELLS ARE INVOLVED IN OSTEOCLAST FORMATION
1988 • 943 citations
Growth factors in bone matrix. Isolation of multiple types by affinity chromatography on heparin-Sepharose.
1986 • 870 citations
Mineralized bone nodules formedin vitro from enzymatically released rat calvaria cell populations
1986 • 855 citations
Identification of transforming growth factor beta family members present in bone-inductive protein purified from bovine bone.
1990 • 837 citations
Estrogen Binding, Receptor mRNA, and Biologic Response in Osteoblast-Like Osteosarcoma Cells
1988 • 836 citations
Osteopontin--a possible anchor of osteoclasts to bone.
1990 • 816 citations
Biochemical Sequences in the Transformation of Normal Fibroblasts in Adolescent Rats
1972 • 815 citations
Cloning of murine α and β retinoic acid receptors and a novel receptor γ predominantly expressed in skin
1989 • 804 citations
Precursor Cells of Mechanocytes
1976 • 741 citations
Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 stimulates osteoblastic maturation and inhibits myogenic differentiation in vitro.
1991 • 735 citations
Transforming growth factor-beta and the initiation of chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in the rat femur.
1990 • 734 citations
A third human retinoic acid receptor, hRAR-gamma.
1989 • 686 citations
Differentiation of muscle, fat, cartilage, and bone from progenitor cells present in a bone-derived clonal cell population: effect of dexamethasone.
1988 • 656 citations
I. The Croonian Lecture
1810 • 634 citations
Purification and characterization of other distinct bone-inducing factors.
1988 • 621 citations
Transforming growth factor beta is a bifunctional regulator of replication and collagen synthesis in osteoblast-enriched cell cultures from fetal rat bone.
1987 • 619 citations
Transport and Storage of Vitamin A
1990 • 618 citations
In VivoStimulation of Bone Formation by Transforming Growth Factor-β
1989 • 592 citations
Osteoblasts synthesize and respond to transforming growth factor-type beta (TGF-beta) in vitro.
1987 • 561 citations
Insulin-like growth factor I mediates selective anabolic effects of parathyroid hormone in bone cultures.
1989 • 541 citations
Tumor necrosis factors alpha and beta induce osteoblastic cells to stimulate osteoclastic bone resorption.
1987 • 539 citations
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 increases synthesis of the vitamin K-dependent bone protein by osteosarcoma cells.
1980 • 503 citations
The Bone Marrow-Derived Stromal Cell Lines MC3T3-G2/PA6 and ST2 Support Osteoclast-Like Cell Differentiation in Cocultures with Mouse Spleen Cells
1989 • 501 citations
Production of osteocalcin by human bone cells in vitro. Effects of 1,25(OH)2D3, 24,25(OH)2D3, parathyroid hormone, and glucocorticoids
1984 • 500 citations
Parathyroid Hormone-Responsive Clonal Cell Lines from Rat Osteosarcoma*
1980 • 483 citations
Differential expression of genes encoding α, β and γ retinoic acid receptors and CRABP in the developing limbs of the mouse
1989 • 482 citations
Abundant calcitonin receptors in isolated rat osteoclasts. Biochemical and autoradiographic characterization.
1986 • 456 citations
Morphological evidence of gap junctions between bone cells
1981 • 454 citations
Book Review: Treatise on Collagen
1969 • 442 citations
Osteoblasts mediate interleukin 1 stimulation of bone resorption by rat osteoclasts.
1986 • 392 citations
Further studies on the activation of procollagenase, the latent precursor of bone collagenase. Effects of lysosomal cathepsin B, plasmin and kallikrein, and spontaneous activation
1977 • 389 citations
Alpha and beta human transforming growth factors stimulate prostaglandin production and bone resorption in cultured mouse calvaria.
1985 • 382 citations
Mineral and collagen-binding proteins of fetal calf bone.
1981 • 379 citations
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and PTH-like protein (PLP) stimulate interleukin-6 production by osteogenic cells: A possible role of interleukin-6 in osteoclastogenesis
1989 • 376 citations
SPARC, a secreted protein associated with cellular proliferation, inhibits cell spreading in vitro and exhibits Ca+2-dependent binding to the extracellular matrix.
1989 • 375 citations
Estradiol Effects on Proliferation, Messenger Ribonucleic Acid for Collagen and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I, and Parathyroid Hormone-Stimulated Adenylate Cyclase Activity in Osteoblastic Cells from Calvariae and Long Bones
1989 • 369 citations
Differentiation-Linked Leukemogenesis in Lymphocytes
1986 • 359 citations
Pleiotropic Effects of Vitamin D on Osteoblast Gene Expression Are Related to the Proliferative and Differentiated State of the Bone Cell Phenotype: Dependency upon Basal Levels of Gene Expression, Duration of Exposure, and Bone Matrix Competency in Normal Rat Osteoblast Cultures*
1991 • 352 citations
Specific spatial and temporal distribution of retinoic acid receptor gamma transcripts during mouse embryogenesis
1990 • 351 citations
Tissue specificity and developmental expression of rat osteopontin
1987 • 317 citations
Inhibition of hydroxyapatite-crystal growth by bone-specific and other calcium-binding proteins
1986 • 314 citations
Morphological and biochemical characterization of four clonal osteogenic sarcoma cell lines of rat origin.
1983 • 310 citations
The effect of 1,25(OH)2D3 on alkaline phosphatase in osteoblastic osteosarcoma cells.
1982 • 300 citations
The Biochemistry of Bone
1989 • 297 citations
Polarizing activity and retinoid synthesis in the floor plate of the neural tube
1990 • 292 citations
In vivo expression of mRNA for the Ca++-binding protein SPARC (osteonectin) revealed by in situ hybridization.
1987 • 292 citations
Parathyroid hormone-activated calcium channels in an osteoblast-like clonal osteosarcoma cell line. cAMP-dependent and cAMP-independent calcium channels.
1987 • 283 citations
Fatal syndrome in mice engrafted with cells producing high levels of the leukemia inhibitory factor.
1989 • 280 citations
The pathobiology of the osteoclast.
1985 • 280 citations
Functional Properties of Hormonally Responsive Cultured Normal and Malignant Rat Osteoblastic Cells*
1981 • 278 citations
Isolated osteoclasts resorb the organic and inorganic components of bone.
1986 • 276 citations
Epidermal growth factor stimulates prostaglandin production and bone resorption in cultured mouse calvaria
1978 • 271 citations
Osteocytic osteolysis
1969 • 265 citations
Excessive mineralization with growth plate closure in rats on chronic warfarin treatment.
1982 • 261 citations
Parathyroid hormone stimulates bone formation and resorption in organ culture: evidence for a coupling mechanism.
1981 • 260 citations
TGF-beta: problems and prospects.
1990 • 260 citations
Molecular endocrinology
1978 • 258 citations
Growth hormone dependent stimulation of osteoblast-like cells in serum-free cultures via local synthesis of insulin-like growth factor I
1988 • 253 citations
Identification of a bone sialoprotein receptor in osteosarcoma cells.
1988 • 248 citations
Role of prostaglandins in interleukin-1-induced bone resorption in mice in vitro
1991 • 239 citations
In vivo effects of human recombinant transforming growth factor β on bone turnover in normal mice
1990 • 235 citations
Isolation of bone cell clones with differences in growth, hormone responses, and extracellular matrix production.
1982 • 234 citations
Identification of Committed Mononuclear Precursors for Osteoclast-Like Cells Formed in Long Term Human Marrow Cultures*
1990 • 232 citations
Bone cells predispose bone surfaces to resorption by exposure of mineral to osteoclastic contact
1985 • 229 citations
Stromal Mechanisms of Bone Marrow: Cloning in Vitro and Retransplantation in Vivo
1980 • 226 citations
Stimulation of the expression of osteogenic and chondrogenic phenotypes in vitro by osteogenin.
1989 • 224 citations
Effects of Transforming Growth Factor-β on Osteoblastic Osteosarcoma Cells*
1987 • 215 citations
Stimulation of bone formation by prostaglandin E2
1984 • 212 citations
Multiple cell type-specific proteins differentially regulate target sequence recognition by the α retinoic acid receptor
1990 • 211 citations
Parathyroid hormone receptor in intact embryonic chicken bone: characterization and cellular localization.
1982 • 209 citations
Transcriptional regulation of osteopontin production in rat osteosarcoma cells by type beta transforming growth factor.
1988 • 206 citations
Mammalian collagenase predisposes bone surfaces to osteoclastic resorption
1985 • 203 citations
Interactions of thrombospondin with extracellular matrix proteins: selective binding to type V collagen.
1984 • 202 citations
Generation of osteoclasts from isolated hematopoietic progenitor cells
1989 • 201 citations
The Cellular Basis of Bone Resorption
1980 • 201 citations
Type β transforming growth factor (TGFβ) regulation of alkaline phosphatase expression and other phenotype‐related mRNAs in osteoblastic rat osteosarcoma cells
1987 • 196 citations
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 stimulates the alkaline phosphatase activity of osteoblast-like cells.
1981 • 195 citations
Mouse osteoblasts synthesize collagenase in response to bone resorbing agents
1984 • 192 citations
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Regulates the Biosynthesis of Osteopontin, a Bone-Derived Cell Attachment Protein, in Clonal Osteoblast-Like Osteosarcoma Cells
1987 • 187 citations
Hormonal Regulation of the Production of Collagenase and a Collagenase Inhibitor Activity by Rat Osteogenic Sarcoma Cells*
1987 • 186 citations
lDirect Stimulation of Bone Resorption by Epidermal Growth Factor*
1980 • 182 citations
Human recombinant transforming growth factor alpha stimulates bone resorption and inhibits formation in vitro.
1986 • 180 citations
Gene expression during osteogenic differentiation in mandibular condyles in vitro.
1990 • 177 citations
Chemotactic activity of theγ-carboxyglutamic acid containing protein in bone
1983 • 174 citations
Bone-Inducing Activity of Mature BMP-2b Produced from a Hybrid BMP-2a/2b Precursor
1991 • 172 citations
Induction of Calcitonin Receptors by lα, 25- Dihydroxyvitamin D3in Osteoclast-Like Multinucleated Cells Formed from Mouse Bone Marrow Cells*
1988 • 169 citations
Receptors for 1,25(OH)2‐vitamin D3 enriched in cloned osteoblast‐like rat osteogenic sarcoma cells
1980 • 167 citations
Pig interleukin 1 (Catabolin) is a potent stimulator of bone resorptionin vitro
1985 • 166 citations
Functional mapping of SPARC: peptides from two distinct Ca+(+)-binding sites modulate cell shape.
1990 • 164 citations
Leukemia Inhibitory Factor: A Novel Bone-Active Cytokine*
1990 • 155 citations
Accumulation, localization, and compartmentation of transforming growth factor beta during endochondral bone development.
1988 • 154 citations
Regulation of Plasminogen Activator Production by Bone-Resorbing Hormones in Normal and Malignant Osteoblasts*
1985 • 151 citations
Parathyroid hormone acutely elevates intracellular calcium in osteoblastlike cells
1987 • 148 citations
Parathyroid hormone-responsive adenylate cyclase in induced transplantable osteogenic rat sarcoma
1976 • 145 citations
Effect of substrate composition on bone resorption by rabbit osteoclasts
1984 • 142 citations
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 stimulates the synthesis of matrix gamma-carboxyglutamic acid protein by osteosarcoma cells. Mutually exclusive expression of vitamin K-dependent bone proteins by clonal osteoblastic cell lines.
1988 • 140 citations
Growth Hormone (GH) Receptors in Clonal Osteoblast Like Cells Mediate a Mitogenic Response to GH*
1991 • 139 citations
Immunohistochemical Detection of Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein in Human Fetal Epithelia*
1991 • 139 citations
The bone lining cell: A distinct phenotype?
1987 • 138 citations
The Cellular Basis of Bone Turnover and Bone Loss
1977 • 135 citations
Osteoblasts display receptors for and responses to leukemia‐inhibitory factor
1990 • 134 citations
Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor on Bone Formationin Vitro*
1987 • 134 citations
Transcriptional regulation of osteopontin production in rat osteoblast-like cells by parathyroid hormone.
1989 • 130 citations
Thrombospondin is an osteoblast-derived component of mineralized extracellular matrix.
1989 • 130 citations
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Stimulates Bone Resorption via a Cyclic Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate-Dependent Mechanism*
1983 • 127 citations
Synthesis of collagenase and collagenase inhibitors by osteoblast-like cells in culture
1984 • 125 citations
Rat Calvarial Cell Lines Immortalized with SV-40 Large T Antigen: Constitutive and Retinoic Acid- Inducible Expression of Osteoblastic Features
1989 • 121 citations
Selective hormonal activation of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase isoenzymes in normal and malignant osteoblasts.
1982 • 119 citations
Transcriptional Regulation of Osteocalcin Production by Transforming Growth Factor-β in Rat Osteoblast-Like Cells
1989 • 114 citations
Parathyroid Hormone Bindingin Vivoto Renal, Hepatic, and Skeletal Tissues of the Rat Using a Radioautographic Approach*
1986 • 110 citations
The Onset and Progression of Osteoblast Differentiation is Functionally Related to Cellular Proliferation
1989 • 106 citations
Regulation of bone sialoprotein mRNA by steroid hormones.
1989 • 105 citations
Lack of a direct effect of estrogen on proliferation and differentiation of normal human osteoblast-like cells
1991 • 105 citations
Cyclic AMP-mediated stabilization of osteocalcin mRNA in rat osteoblast-like cells treated with parathyroid hormone.
1988 • 102 citations
Synergism between parathyroid hormone and interleukin 1 in stimulating bone resorption in organ culture
1987 • 101 citations
Biology of Collagen
1980 • 98 citations
Parathyroid hormone and prostaglandin E2 stimulate both inositol phosphates and cyclic AMP accumulation in mouse osteoblast cultures
1988 • 98 citations
Stimulation of plasminogen activator in osteoblast-like cells by bone-resorbing hormones
1984 • 95 citations
Complex formation of human thrombospondin with osteonectin
1988 • 95 citations
Regulation of alkaline phosphatase expression in a neonatal rat clonal calvarial cell strain by retinoic acid
1988 • 91 citations
Distribution of fibroblastic colony-forming cells in rabbit bone marrow and assay of their osteogenic potential by anin vivo diffusion chamber method
1984 • 89 citations
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3Inhibits Transcription of Type I Collagen Genes in the Rat Osteosarcoma Cell Line ROS 17/2.8*
1989 • 88 citations
Cloning of an osteoblastic cell line involved in the formation of osteoclast‐like cells
1990 • 88 citations
Inhibitory effects of parathyroid hormone on growth of osteogenic sarcoma cells
1985 • 86 citations
Experimental study of changes in osteoblastic shape induced by calcitonin and parathyroid extract in an organ culture system
1976 • 85 citations
Direct effect of parathyroid hormone on the proliferation of osteoblast-like cells; A possible involvement of cyclic AMP
1985 • 83 citations
Differential Regulation of Plasminogen Activator and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor by Osteotropic Factors in Primary Cultures of Mature Osteoblasts and Osteoblast Precursors*
1990 • 81 citations
Epidermal growth factor receptors in clonal lines of a rat osteogenic sarcoma and in osteoblast-rich rat bone cells
1983 • 80 citations
Retinoic acid increases zif268 early gene expression in rat preosteoblastic cells.
1991 • 79 citations
Effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide on cyclic AMP formation in chicken, rat, and mouse bone cells
1989 • 79 citations
Structural requirements for the action of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) on bone resorption by isolated osteoclasts
1991 • 79 citations
Retinoic acid modulation of mrna levels in malignant, nontransformed, and immortalized osteoblasts
1991 • 78 citations
Bone Cell Physiology
1989 • 76 citations
Parathyroid hormone binding to cultured avian osteoclasts
1991 • 75 citations
Stimulation of DNA synthesis by epidermal growth factor in osteoblast-like cells
1983 • 70 citations
Parathyroid Hormone and Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide Stimulate Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein Secretion by Rat Osteoblast-Like Cells through a Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate-Dependent Mechanism*
1991 • 70 citations
Cyclo-oxygenase products of arachidonic acid metabolism in rat osteoblasts in culture
1983 • 68 citations
Opposing Influences of Glucocorticoid and Retinoic Acid on Transcriptional Control in Preosteoblasts
1989 • 65 citations
Second Messenger Signaling in the Regulation of Collagenase Production by Osteogenic Sarcoma Cells*
1989 • 64 citations
Transforming growth factor beta inhibits plasminogen activator (PA) activity and stimulates production of urokinase‐type PA, PA inhibitor‐1 mRNA, and protein in rat osteoblast‐like cells
1991 • 64 citations
Immunohistochemical Demonstration of Parathyroid Hormone Binding to Specific Cell Types in Fixed Rat Bone Tissue
1983 • 63 citations
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D receptors in an established bone cell line. Correlation with biochemical responses.
1982 • 62 citations
Assessment of anin vivo diffusion chamber method as a quantitative assay for osteogenesis
1984 • 62 citations
Sensitivity of cultured human osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma cells to retinoic acid.
1982 • 61 citations
Epidermal growth factor and phorbol ester actions on human osteosarcoma cells. Characterization of response and nonresponsive cell lines.
1982 • 60 citations
Type I collagen degradation by mouse calvarial osteoblasts stimulated with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3: evidence for a plasminogen-plasmin-metalloproteinase activation cascade
1989 • 59 citations
Existence of parathyroid hormone binding sites on murine hemopoietic blast cells
1989 • 58 citations
Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) inhibits basal bone resorption in fetal rat long bone cultures
1990 • 58 citations
<b>IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF COLLAGENASE IN ISOLATED MOUSE BONE </b><b>CELLS </b>
1984 • 58 citations
Effects of Parathormone and Calcitonin on Citrate and Hyaluronate Metabolism in Cultured Bone
1976 • 57 citations
La3+, Mn2+, and Ni2+ effects on Ca2+ pump and on Na+-Ca2+ exchange in bullfrog ventricle
1987 • 56 citations
Osteonectin inhibitingde novo formation of apatite in the presence of collagen
1989 • 56 citations
Effects of Retinoic Acid on Alkaline Phosphatase Messenger Ribonucleic Acid, Catecholamine Receptors, and G Proteins in ROS 17/2.8 Cells
1988 • 55 citations
Collagenase and bone resorption: Isolation of collagenase from culture medium containing serum after stimulation of bone resorption by addition of parathyroid hormone extract
1975 • 55 citations
Effect of retinoids on the growth, ultrastructure, and cytoskeletal structures of malignant rat osteoblasts.
1985 • 54 citations
Croonian Lecture - Nutrition in relation to bone growth and the nervous system
1944 • 54 citations
Effects of exogenous prostanoids on the proliferation of osteoblast-like cells in vitro
1985 • 52 citations
Elevated bone collagenolytic activity and hyperplasia of parafollicular light cells of the thyroid gland in parathormone-treated grey-lethal mice
1966 • 49 citations
Cyclic AMP-dependent and -independent effects on tissue-type plasminogen activator activity in osteogenic sarcoma cells; evidence from phosphodiesterase inhibition and parathyroid hormone antagonists
1986 • 44 citations
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 effects on collagen and DNA synthesis in periosteum and periosteum-free calvaria
1985 • 37 citations
Structure and interactions of proteoglycans in the extracellular matrix produced by cultured human fibroblasts
1985 • 37 citations
<b>ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COLLAGENASE SYNTHESIZED BY MOUSE BONE CELLS IN </b><b>CULTURE </b>
1984 • 35 citations
Early scanning electron microscopic studies of hard tissue resorption: their relation to current concepts reviewed.
1987 • 35 citations
Parathyroid Hormone Stimulation of Collagenase Secretion by Isolated Bone Cells*
1979 • 34 citations
Mouse Osteoblastic Cells (MC3T3-E1) at Different Stages of Differentiation Have Opposite Effects on Osteoclastic Cell Formation
1991 • 32 citations
Characterization of the receptor for insulin‐like growth factor II in bone cells
1989 • 30 citations
Release of parathyroid hormonelike peptides by fetal rat long bones in culture
1990 • 29 citations
The further purification and characterization of mouse bone collagenase
1972 • 29 citations
Osteoclasts Derive from Hematopoietic Stem Cells According to Marker, Giant Lysosomes of Beige Mice
1981 • 28 citations
Insulinlike growth factor 1 regulates mRNA levels of osteonectin and pro-α1(I)-collagen in clonal preosteoblastic calvarial cells
1990 • 26 citations
Retinoic acid and tumour necrosis factor-α act in concert to control the level of alkaline phosphatase mRNA
1989 • 25 citations
Effect of retinoic acid on cellular content and human parathyroid hormone activation of cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase isoenzymes in clonal rat osteogenic sarcoma cells.
1985 • 18 citations
9 Osteogenesis imperfecta
1988 • 17 citations
Bone cell physiology and in vitro techniques in its investigation
1990 • 4 citations
Deleted Work
1955 • 0 citations