PLAGL1-IGF2 signaling maintains metabolic balance and osteoblast differentiation in mandibular condyle, while PLAGL1 deficiency impairs bone formation. The mandibular condyle is a central growth site ...
From the 20-foot-long jawbones of the filter-feeding blue whale to the short, but bone-crushing, jaws of the hyena and the delicate chin bones of a human, the pair of lower jawbones characteristic of ...
Jaw bone cancer can affect the bones of the upper or lower jaw. Cancer from another part of the mouth may spread into the bones, or the tumor may begin in the bone itself. Jaw bone cancer may involve ...