Nature Communications (May 2021)

Osteocyte transcriptome mapping identifies a molecular landscape controlling skeletal homeostasis and susceptibility to skeletal disease

  • Scott E. Youlten,
  • John P. Kemp,
  • John G. Logan,
  • Elena J. Ghirardello,
  • Claudio M. Sergio,
  • Michael R. G. Dack,
  • Siobhan E. Guilfoyle,
  • Victoria D. Leitch,
  • Natalie C. Butterfield,
  • Davide Komla-Ebri,
  • Ryan C. Chai,
  • Alexander P. Corr,
  • James T. Smith,
  • Sindhu T. Mohanty,
  • John A. Morris,
  • Michelle M. McDonald,
  • Julian M. W. Quinn,
  • Amelia R. McGlade,
  • Nenad Bartonicek,
  • Matt Jansson,
  • Konstantinos Hatzikotoulas,
  • Melita D. Irving,
  • Ana Beleza-Meireles,
  • Fernando Rivadeneira,
  • Emma Duncan,
  • J. Brent Richards,
  • David J. Adams,
  • Christopher J. Lelliott,
  • Robert Brink,
  • Tri Giang Phan,
  • John A. Eisman,
  • David M. Evans,
  • Eleftheria Zeggini,
  • Paul A. Baldock,
  • J. H. Duncan Bassett,
  • Graham R. Williams,
  • Peter I. Croucher

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22517-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 21

Abstract

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Osteocytes are the master regulatory cells within the skeleton. Here, the authors map the transcriptome of osteocytes from diverse skeletal sites, ages and between sexes and identify an osteocyte transcriptome signature associated with rare skeletal disorders and common complex skeletal diseases.