Osteoblasts are bone idle without Frizzled-9

Monday, March 14, 2011 - 11:31 in Biology & Nature

New research shows that the Wnt receptor Frizzled-9 (Fzd9) promotes bone formation, providing a potential new target for the treatment of osteoporosis. The study appears online on March 14 in The Journal of Cell Biology .

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