2000
Increased Marrow‐Derived Osteoprogenitor Cells and Endosteal Bone Formation in Mice Lacking Thrombospondin 2*
Hankenson K, Bain S, Kyriakides T, Smith E, Goldstein S, Bornstein P. Increased Marrow‐Derived Osteoprogenitor Cells and Endosteal Bone Formation in Mice Lacking Thrombospondin 2*. Journal Of Bone And Mineral Research 2000, 15: 851-862. PMID: 10804014, DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2000.15.5.851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone formation rateEndosteal bone formation rateEndosteal bone formationTSP2-null miceMarrow stromal cellsComputerized tomographyThrombospondin-2Bone formationNormal bone resorptionWild-type animalsOvariectomized miceBone lossCortical densityRate of proliferationBone resorptionLigamentous laxityBone massVascular densityHistomorphometric analysisNull miceMutant miceStromal cellsMiceLong bonesCellular basis
1998
The Distribution of the Matricellular Protein Thrombospondin 2 in Tissues of Embryonic and Adult Mice
Kyriakides T, Zhu Y, Yang Z, Bornstein P. The Distribution of the Matricellular Protein Thrombospondin 2 in Tissues of Embryonic and Adult Mice. Journal Of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry 1998, 46: 1007-1015. PMID: 9705966, DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell-matrix interactionsMatricellular protein thrombospondin-2Adult tissuesThrombospondin-2TSP2-null micePleiotropic phenotypesTissue-forming cellsCell movementEmbryonic developmentDermal fibroblastsPericellular environmentAdhesion defectsDay 15Connective tissueLeidig cellsTissue repairDay 18 embryosDermal cellsCells