WNT signaling in bone development and homeostasis

Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol. 2014 Nov-Dec;3(6):489-500. doi: 10.1002/wdev.159. Epub 2014 Sep 30.

Abstract

The balance between bone formation and bone resorption controls postnatal bone homeostasis. Research over the last decade has provided a vast amount of evidence that WNT signaling plays a pivotal role in regulating this balance. Therefore, understanding how the WNT signaling pathway regulates skeletal development and homeostasis is of great value for human skeletal health and disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Development*
  • Bone Diseases / metabolism
  • Bone Diseases / pathology
  • Cell Lineage
  • Homeostasis*
  • Humans
  • Osteoblasts / metabolism
  • Osteoblasts / pathology
  • Wnt Signaling Pathway*