Throughout our lives, our bones are continuously remodeled to maintain strength, repair injuries and adapt to new stresses. Bone dynamics depend on two associated cell types: osteoblasts, which are ...

Collagen a key player in breast cancer metastasis The level of collagen type XII in breast tumors plays an important role in triggering the spread of cancer cells around the body Date: August 11 ...

The nucleus pulposus, the core component of the discs between the vertebrae, also contains type XI collagen. OSMED is caused by COL11A2 gene mutations that prevent type XI collagen molecules from ...

Collagen type XII plays a key role in regulating the organization of the tumor matrix, reveals a new study from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. A team of scientists led by Associate ...

Scientists unveiled on Wednesday the first blueprint of human skeletal development as they make progress toward the goal of completing a biological atlas of every cell type in the body to better ...