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Publication : Mouse mutant phenotyping at scale reveals novel genes controlling bone mineral density.

First Author  Swan AL Year  2020
Journal  PLoS Genet Volume  16
Issue  12 Pages  e1009190
PubMed ID  33370286 Mgi Jnum  J:301500
Mgi Id  MGI:6505498 Doi  10.1371/journal.pgen.1009190
Citation  Swan AL, et al. (2020) Mouse mutant phenotyping at scale reveals novel genes controlling bone mineral density. PLoS Genet 16(12):e1009190
abstractText  The genetic landscape of diseases associated with changes in bone mineral density (BMD), such as osteoporosis, is only partially understood. Here, we explored data from 3,823 mutant mouse strains for BMD, a measure that is frequently altered in a range of bone pathologies, including osteoporosis. A total of 200 genes were found to significantly affect BMD. This pool of BMD genes comprised 141 genes with previously unknown functions in bone biology and was complementary to pools derived from recent human studies. Nineteen of the 141 genes also caused skeletal abnormalities. Examination of the BMD genes in osteoclasts and osteoblasts underscored BMD pathways, including vesicle transport, in these cells and together with in silico bone turnover studies resulted in the prioritization of candidate genes for further investigation. Overall, the results add novel pathophysiological and molecular insight into bone health and disease.
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