Targeted overexpression of parathyroid hormone-related peptide in chondrocytes causes chondrodysplasia and delayed endochondral bone formation.
Weir E, Philbrick W, Amling M, Neff L, Baron R, Broadus A. Targeted overexpression of parathyroid hormone-related peptide in chondrocytes causes chondrodysplasia and delayed endochondral bone formation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1996, 93: 10240-10245. PMID: 8816783, PMCID: PMC38368, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.19.10240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBone DevelopmentDwarfismGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGrowth PlateHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred StrainsMice, TransgenicOsteochondrodysplasiasParathyroid HormoneParathyroid Hormone-Related ProteinPolymerase Chain ReactionProcollagenPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BiosynthesisProteinsRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidTranscription, GeneticConceptsPTH/PTHrP receptorHormone-related peptideParathyroid hormonePTHrP receptorParathyroid hormone-related peptideChondrocyte differentiationOverexpression of PTHrPType II collagen promoterEndochondral ossificationShort-limbed dwarfismParaneoplastic hypercalcemiaPTHrP functionsBone collar formationMalignant tumorsDevelopmental regulatory moleculeEndochondral bone formationTransgenic micePTHrPCommon receptorEndochondral bone developmentTargeted overexpressionFetal tissuesPTHrP geneFollicle formationNormal boneOverexpression of Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein in the Pancreatic Islets of Transgenic Mice Causes Islet Hyperplasia, Hyperinsulinemia, and Hypoglycemia (∗)
Vasavada R, Cavaliere C, D'Ercole A, Dann P, Burtis W, Madlener A, Zawalich K, Zawalich W, Philbrick W, Stewart A. Overexpression of Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein in the Pancreatic Islets of Transgenic Mice Causes Islet Hyperplasia, Hyperinsulinemia, and Hypoglycemia (∗). Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1996, 271: 1200-1208. PMID: 8557651, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.2.1200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat insulin II promoterInsulin secretionIslet massPancreatic isletsNormal littermatesHormone-related proteinBlood glucose valuesTotal islet massIslet perifusion studiesNormal physiologic roleInappropriate hyperinsulinemiaParathyroid hormoneIslet hyperplasiaInsulin concentrationsTotal islet numberAutocrine roleGlucose homeostasisPerifusion studiesTransgenic miceGlucose valuesIslet numberIslet cellsPhysiologic rolePTHrPMice