Publications

Bone ridge patterning during musculoskeletal assembly is mediated through SCX regulation of Bmp4 at the tendon-skeleton junction.

Blitz E, Viukov S, Sharir A, Shwartz Y, Galloway JL, Pryce BA, Johnson RL, Tabin CJ, Schweitzer R, Zelzer E.

Dev Cell. 2009 Dec;17(6):861-73. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2009.10.010.

2009

Muscle contraction is necessary to maintain joint progenitor cell fate.

Kahn J, Shwartz Y, Blitz E, Krief S, Sharir A, Breitel DA, Rattenbach R, Relaix F, Maire P, Rountree RB, Kingsley DM, Zelzer E.

Dev Cell. 2009 May;16(5):734-43. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2009.04.013.

2009

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The forming limb skeleton serves as a signaling center for limb vasculature patterning via regulation of Vegf.

Eshkar-Oren I, Viukov SV, Salameh S, Krief S, Oh CD, Akiyama H, Gerber HP, Ferrara N, Zelzer E.

Development. 2009 Apr;136(8):1263-72. doi: 10.1242/dev.034199. Epub 2009 Mar 4.

2009

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The effect of weight loading and subsequent release from loading on the postnatal skeleton.

Reich A, Sharir A, Zelzer E, Hacker L, Monsonego-Ornan E, Shahar R.

Bone. 2008 Oct;43(4):766-74. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2008.06.004. Epub 2008 Jun 19.

2008

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Impaired skin and hair follicle development in Runx2 deficient mice.

Glotzer DJ, Zelzer E, Olsen BR.

Dev Biol. 2008 Mar 15;315(2):459-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.01.005. Epub 2008 Jan 16.

2008

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HIF1alpha regulation of Sox9 is necessary to maintain differentiation of hypoxic prechondrogenic cells during early skeletogenesis.

Amarilio R, Viukov SV, Sharir A, Eshkar-Oren I, Johnson RS, Zelzer E.

Development. 2007 Nov;134(21):3917-28. Epub 2007 Oct 3.

2007

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LEMD3: the gene responsible for bone density disorders (osteopoikilosis).

Ben-Asher E, Zelzer E, Lancet D.

Isr Med Assoc J. 2005 Apr;7(4):273-4. Review. No abstract available.

2005

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Multiple roles of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in skeletal development, growth, and repair.

Zelzer E, Olsen BR.

Curr Top Dev Biol. 2005;65:169-87. Review. No abstract available.

2005

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Deletion of Vhlh in chondrocytes reduces cell proliferation and increases matrix deposition during growth plate development.

Pfander D, Kobayashi T, Knight MC, Zelzer E, Chan DA, Olsen BR, Giaccia AJ, Johnson RS, Haase VH, Schipani E.

Development. 2004 May;131(10):2497-508.

2004

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VEGFA is necessary for chondrocyte survival during bone development.

Zelzer E, Mamluk R, Ferrara N, Johnson RS, Schipani E, Olsen BR.

Development. 2004 May;131(9):2161-71. Epub 2004 Apr 8.

2004

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