Metatarsal Bones
"Metatarsal Bones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The five long bones of the METATARSUS, articulating with the TARSAL BONES proximally and the PHALANGES OF TOES distally.
| Descriptor ID |
D008682
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.043.300.492
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| Concept/Terms |
Metatarsal Bones- Metatarsal Bones
- Bone, Metatarsal
- Bones, Metatarsal
- Metatarsal Bone
- Metatarsals
- Metatarsal
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metatarsal Bones" by people in Profiles.
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Wu S, Levenson A, Kharitonenkov A, De Luca F. Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) inhibits chondrocyte function and growth hormone action directly at the growth plate. J Biol Chem. 2012 Jul 27; 287(31):26060-7.
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Wu S, Morrison A, Sun H, De Luca F. Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) p65 interacts with Stat5b in growth plate chondrocytes and mediates the effects of growth hormone on chondrogenesis and on the expression of insulin-like growth factor-1 and bone morphogenetic protein-2. J Biol Chem. 2011 Jul 15; 286(28):24726-34.
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Wu S, De Luca F. Inhibition of the proteasomal function in chondrocytes down-regulates growth plate chondrogenesis and longitudinal bone growth. Endocrinology. 2006 Aug; 147(8):3761-8.
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Wu S, Yoshiko Y, De Luca F. Stanniocalcin 1 acts as a paracrine regulator of growth plate chondrogenesis. J Biol Chem. 2006 Feb 24; 281(8):5120-7.
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Wu S, Legido A, De Luca F. Effects of valproic acid on longitudinal bone growth. J Child Neurol. 2004 Jan; 19(1):26-30.