Communications Biology (Nov 2021)

Zfhx4 regulates endochondral ossification as the transcriptional platform of Osterix in mice

  • Eriko Nakamura,
  • Kenji Hata,
  • Yoshifumi Takahata,
  • Hiroshi Kurosaka,
  • Makoto Abe,
  • Takaya Abe,
  • Miho Kihara,
  • Toshihisa Komori,
  • Sachi Kobayashi,
  • Tomohiko Murakami,
  • Toshihiro Inubushi,
  • Takashi Yamashiro,
  • Shiori Yamamoto,
  • Haruhiko Akiyama,
  • Makoto Kawaguchi,
  • Nobuo Sakata,
  • Riko Nishimura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02793-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Nakamura et al. used expression studies to identify an enrichment of Zfhx4 in cartilage and revealed through global gene knock-down that it is required for proper endochondral ossification in mice. They further demonstrated a physical and genetic interaction between Zfhx4 and Osterix, which is of interest to the field of transcriptional regulation of mammalian endochondral ossification.