157 Suture and Bone: Biology and Genetics

Saturday, March 24, 2012: 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Session Type: Oral Session
1.5 CE hours

Learning Objectives:
To elucidate the pathways and proteins controlling the structure of bone
To understand the biology and genetics of craniosynostosis and re-synostosis
Gene-phenotype interactions associated with collagen expression
Chairs:
A. VOISEY and L. HOLLIDAY
Alternate Chair:
R. TAYLOR
A Direct Role for DKK1 in Calvarial Osteogenesis
A. VOISEY1, M. LIU2, S. ARORA1, P. DECHOW1, L.A. OPPERMAN1, P. KURIMOTO2, H. KE2, R. D'SOUZA1, and J. FENG1, 1Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, 2Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
The Wiscott-Aldrich and Scar Homolog (WASH) complex in osteoclasts
L. HOLLIDAY, E. TORO, and J. ZUO, Orthodontics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Gene Analysis and Osteoblast Phenotype Characterization of Non-Syndromic Metopic Craniosynostosis
A.M. WHITTON1, R. OLIVARES-NAVARRETE2, S.L. HYZY1, C. BRITT3, J.K. WILLIAMS4, Z. SCHWARTZ3, and B.D. BOYAN5, 1Biomedical Engineering, Gerogia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 3Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 4Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 5Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Time Course and Gene Expression Analysis of Juvenile Mouse Re-synostosis
C. HERMANN1, K. LAWRENCE1, R. OLIVARES-NAVARRETE2, J.K. WILLIAMS3, Z. SCHWARTZ1, and B.D. BOYAN4, 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 3Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 4Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Murine Rapid Re-synostosis Model is Both Location and Age Dependent
K. LAWRENCE1, C. HERMANN1, R. OLIVARES-NAVARRETE2, J.K. WILLIAMS3, Z. SCHWARTZ1, and B.D. BOYAN4, 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 3Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 4Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Collagen Type XII Expression in the Decorin Null Mouse
R.W. TAYLOR1, W.T. VU2, A. RANGIANI2, A.K. EMORY3, and S.M. MACK3, 1Orthodontics, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, 2Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, 3Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX
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