Focal Adhesion Kinase Plays a Role in Osteoblast Mechanotransduction In Vitro but Does Not Affect Load-Induced Bone Formation In Vivo

• Alesha B. Castillo ,

  * E-mail: alesha.castillo@stanford.edu

  Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Center for Tissue Regeneration, Repair, and Restoration, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Jennifer T. Blundo,

  Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Julia C. Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Kristen L. Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Nikitha Reddy Yereddi,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Eugene Jang,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Shefali Kumar,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• W. Joyce Tang,

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Center for Tissue Regeneration, Repair, and Restoration, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

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• Sarah Zarrin,

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Center for Tissue Regeneration, Repair, and Restoration, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

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• Jae-Beom Kim,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Christopher R. Jacobs

  Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Center for Tissue Regeneration, Repair, and Restoration, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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