 Osteocalcin
"Osteocalcin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Vitamin K-dependent calcium-binding protein synthesized by OSTEOBLASTS and found primarily in BONES. Serum osteocalcin measurements provide a noninvasive specific marker of bone metabolism. The protein contains three residues of the amino acid gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla), which, in the presence of CALCIUM, promotes binding to HYDROXYAPATITE and subsequent accumulation in BONE MATRIX.
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D015675
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.125.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Osteocalcin- Osteocalcin
- Bone gamma-Carboxyglutamic Acid Protein
- Bone gamma Carboxyglutamic Acid Protein
- Vitamin K-Dependent Bone Protein
- Vitamin K Dependent Bone Protein
- Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin K-Dependent
- Calcium Binding Protein, Vitamin K Dependent
- Gla Protein, Bone
- 4-Carboxyglutamic Protein, Bone
- 4 Carboxyglutamic Protein, Bone
- Bone 4-Carboxyglutamic Protein
- Protein, Bone 4-Carboxyglutamic
- Bone Gla Protein
- Protein, Bone Gla
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteocalcin" by people in Profiles.
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Kover K, Yan Y, Tong PY, Watkins D, Li X, Tasch J, Hager M, Clements M, Moore WV. Osteocalcin protects pancreatic beta cell function and survival under high glucose conditions. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2015 Jun 19; 462(1):21-6.
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Pacicca DM, Patel N, Lee C, Salisbury K, Lehmann W, Carvalho R, Gerstenfeld LC, Einhorn TA. Expression of angiogenic factors during distraction osteogenesis. Bone. 2003 Dec; 33(6):889-98.
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Owen TA, Bortell R, Yocum SA, Smock SL, Zhang M, Abate C, Shalhoub V, Aronin N, Wright KL, van Wijnen AJ, et al. Coordinate occupancy of AP-1 sites in the vitamin D-responsive and CCAAT box elements by Fos-Jun in the osteocalcin gene: model for phenotype suppression of transcription. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Dec; 87(24):9990-4.
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