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SUBMITTER: Wang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6962448 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Lijun L You Xiuling X Lotinun Sutada S Zhang Lingli L Wu Nan N Zou Weiguo W
Nature communications 20200115 1
Wolff's law and the Utah Paradigm of skeletal physiology state that bone architecture adapts to mechanical loads. These models predict the existence of a mechanostat that links strain induced by mechanical forces to skeletal remodeling. However, how the mechanostat influences bone remodeling remains elusive. Here, we find that Piezo1 deficiency in osteoblastic cells leads to loss of bone mass and spontaneous fractures with increased bone resorption. Furthermore, Piezo1-deficient mice are resista ...[more]