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Stereospecific inhibition of alkaline phosphatase by L-tetramisole prevents in vitro cartilage calcification.

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- 26 Jan 1980 - 
- Vol. 43, Iss: 6, pp 489-494
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The data show that there is a close association between ALP activity and in vitro calcification of rachitic rat cartilage, and suggest that some ATPase activity of rACHitic rat Cartilage may be distinct from ALP activity.
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This article is published in Laboratory Investigation.The article was published on 1980-01-26 and is currently open access. It has received 113 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cartilage metabolism & Calcification.

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Tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase and plasma cell membrane glycoprotein-1 are central antagonistic regulators of bone mineralization

TL;DR: The results suggest that inhibiting PC-1 function may be a viable therapeutic strategy for hypophosphatasia, and interfere with TNAP activity may correct pathological hyperossification because of PPi insufficiency.
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Hypophosphatasia and the role of alkaline phosphatase in skeletal mineralization.

TL;DR: How ALP acts was clarified by the discoveries that several phosphocompound substrates for tissue-nonspecific ALP (TNSALP) accumulate endogenously in this inborn error of metabolism.
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Alkaline Phosphatases : Structure, substrate specificity and functional relatedness to other members of a large superfamily of enzymes

TL;DR: This mini-review focuses exclusively on structural and functional features of mammalian alkaline phosphatases as identified by crystallography and probed by site-directed mutagenesis and kinetic analysis and their structural andfunctional relatedness to a large superfamily of enzymes that includes nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase.
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Initiation and progression of mineralization of bone nodules formed in vitro: the role of alkaline phosphatase and organic phosphate

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the initiation and progression of bone nodule mineralization are separate phenomena and that organic phosphate and alkaline phosphatase play a crucial role in the initiation of mineralization.
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Impaired Calcification Around Matrix Vesicles of Growth Plate and Bone in Alkaline Phosphatase-Deficient Mice

TL;DR: The data suggest that hypomineralization in TNAP-deficient mice results primarily from an inability of initial mineral crystals within MVs to self-nucleate and to proliferate beyond the protective confines of the MV membrane, which may be caused by an excess of the mineral inhibitor pyrophosphate in the extracellular fluid around MVs.
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