Some recent papers from the Human Bone Cell Research Group


.Bowler, W. B., C. J. Dixon, C. Halleux, R. Maier, G. Bilbe, W. D. Fraser, J. A. Gallagher, and R. A. Hipskind.
(1999) Signaling in human osteoblasts by extracellular nucleotides - Their weak induction of the c-fos proto-oncogene via Ca2+ mobilization is strongly potentiated by a parathyroid hormone/cAMP-dependent protein kinase pathway independently of mitogen-activated protein kinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry.274: 14315-14324. summary

W.B. Bowler, A .Littlewood-Evans, G. Bilbe, J.A Gallagher and C.J. Dixon (1998). P2Y2 receptors are expressed by human osteoclasts of giant cell tumour but do not mediate ATP-induced bone resorption. Bone 22:195-200 summary

G.R. Sharpe, J.P. Dillon, J.A. Gallagher and W.D. Fraser (1998) Human keratinocytes express transcripts for three isoforms of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), but not for the parathyroid hormone/PTHrP receptor: effects of 1,25(OH)(2), vitamin D-3. British Journal of Dermatology 138: 944-951 summary

LittlewoodEvans AJ, Bilbe G, Bowler WB, Farley D, Wlodarski B, Kokubo T, Inaoka T, Sloane J, Evans DB, Gallagher JA (1997) The osteoclast-associated protease cathepsin K is expressed in human breast carcinoma Cancer Research 57:5386-5390. summary

Dixon CJ, Bowler WB, Walsh CA, Gallagher JA (1997) Effects of extracellular nucleotides on single cells and populations of human osteoblasts: Contribution of cell heterogeneity to relative potencies. British Journal of Pharmacology 120:777-780. summary

LittlewoodEvans A, Kokubo T, Ishibashi O, Inaoka T, Wlodarski B, Gallagher JA, Bilbe G (1997) Localization of cathepsin K in human osteoclasts by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. Bone 20:81-86. summary

Dixon CJ, Bowler WB, Fleetwood P, Ginty AF, Gallagher JA, Carron JA (1997) Extracellular nucleotides stimulate proliferation in MCF-7 breast cancer cells via P-2-purinoceptors. Brit. J. Cancer 75:34-39. summary

Carron JA, Fraser WD, Gallagher JA (1997) Co-expression of PTHrP and the PTH/PTHrP receptor in human breast and colon tumours. Brit. J. Cancer 76: 1095-1098 summary

Walsh CA, Bowler WB, Bilbe G, Fraser WD, Gallagher JA (1997) Effects of PTH on PTHrP gene expression in human osteoblasts: Up-regulation with the kinetics of an immediate early gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 239: 155-158 summary

others

Birch MA, Carron JA, Scott M, Fraser WD, Gallagher JA (1995) Parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-Related Protein (PTHrP) Receptor Expression and Mitogenic Responses In Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines. British Journal of Cancer 72:90-95. summary

Walsh CA, Birch MA, Fraser WD, Lawton R, Dorgan J, Walsh S, Sansom D, Beresford JN, Gallagher JA (1995) Expression and Secretion Of Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein By Human Bone-Derived Cells In Vitro - Effects Of Glucocorticoids. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 10:17-25.summary

Bowler WB, Birch MA, Gallagher JA, Bilbe G (1995) Identification and Cloning Of Human P-2U Purinoceptor Present In Osteoclastoma, Bone, and Osteoblasts. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 10: 1137-1145.summary

Carron JA, Walsh CA, Fraser WD, Gallagher JA (1995) Thrombospondin Promotes Resorption By Osteoclasts in vitro. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 213:1017-1025.summary