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Deletion of Macrophage Vitamin D Receptor Promotes Insulin Resistance and Monocyte Cholesterol Transport to Accelerate Atherosclerosis in Mice by Oh, Jisu, Riek, Amy E., Darwech, Isra, Funai, Katsuhiko, Shao, JianSu, Chin, Kathleen, Sierra, Oscar L., Carmeliet, Geert, Ostlund, Richard E., Bernal-Mizrachi, Carlos

“…Intense effort has been devoted to understanding predisposition to chronic systemic inflammation because it contributes to cardiometabolic disease. We…”
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Msx2 Exerts Bone Anabolism via Canonical Wnt Signaling by Cheng, Su-Li, Shao, Jian-Su, Cai, Jun, Sierra, Oscar L., Towler, Dwight A.

“…Msx2 is a homeodomain transcription factor first identified in craniofacial bone and human femoral osteoblasts. We hypothesized that Msx2 might activate…”
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Vitamin D Levels Are Unrelated to the Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis Among Hospitalized Infants by Beigelman, Avraham, Castro, Mario, Schweiger, Toni L., Wilson, Brad S., Zheng, Jie, Yin-DeClue, Huiquing, Sajol, Geneline, Giri, Tusar, Sierra, Oscar L., Isaacson-Schmid, Megan, Sumino, Kaharu, Schechtman, Kenneth B., Bacharier, Leonard B.

“…Background Vitamin D deficiency at birth has been reported as a risk factor for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infection during the…”
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Skeletal muscle inflammation and atrophy in heart failure by Lavine, Kory J., Sierra, Oscar L.

“…Heart failure represents a systemic disease with profound effects on multiple peripheral tissues including skeletal muscle. Within the context of heart…”
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MINT, the Msx2 Interacting Nuclear Matrix Target, Enhances Runx2-dependent Activation of the Osteocalcin Fibroblast Growth Factor Response Element by Sierra, Oscar L, Cheng, Su-Li, Loewy, Arleen P, Charlton-Kachigian, Nichole, Towler, Dwight A

“…Msx2 promotes osteogenic lineage allocation from mesenchymal progenitors but inhibits terminal differentiation demarcated by osteocalcin (OC) gene expression…”
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Vascular Calcification and Aortic Fibrosis: A Bifunctional Role for Osteopontin in Diabetic Arteriosclerosis by Shao, Jian-Su, Sierra, Oscar L, Cohen, Richard, Mecham, Robert P, Kovacs, Attila, Wang, James, Distelhorst, Kathryn, Behrmann, Abraham, Halstead, Linda R, Towler, Dwight A

“…OBJECTIVE—Calcification and fibrosis reduce vascular compliance in arteriosclerosis. To better understand the role of osteopontin (OPN), a multifunctional…”
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Runx2 Trans-Activation Mediated by the Msx2-Interacting Nuclear Target Requires Homeodomain Interacting Protein Kinase-3 by Sierra, Oscar L, Towler, Dwight A

“…Runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2) and muscle segment homeobox homolog 2-interacting nuclear target (MINT) (Spen homolog) are transcriptional…”
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Msx2 Exerts Bone Anabolism via Canonical Wnt SignalingS by Cheng, Su-Li, Shao, Jian-Su, Cai, Jun, Sierra, Oscar L., Towler, Dwight A.

“…Msx2 is a homeodomain transcription factor first identified in craniofacial bone and human femoral osteoblasts. We hypothesized that Msx2 might activate…”
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Mayor frecuencia de giardiosis en niños con raquitismo comparada con niños sanos de la población de Suárez, Cauca, Colombia by Sierra, Oscar L., Peñalosa, Lidia N., Alarcón, Yolanda

“…Se examinaron huevos, quistes y trofozoítos de parásitos intestinales en heces de 332 niños sanos y 70 niños con raquitismo descrito como un trastorno heredado…”
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