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. 2003 Sep 19;100(20):11201–11206. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1932554100

Table 2. List of molecules known to participate in the development and function of osteoblasts and osteoclasts, and their chromosomal locations in human and mouse.

Chromosome/genetic locus, cM
Name Gene Human Mouse
Matrix proteins
    Aggrecan AGCI 15q26.1 7/39.0
    Alkaline phosphatase ALPL 1p36.1-p34 4/70.2
    Bone Gla protein (osteocalcin) BGP 1q25-q31 3/42.6
    Bone sialoprotein II BSP 4q21-q25 5/56.0
    Calcitonin receptor CALCR 7q21.3 6/3.0
    Carbonic anhydrase II CA2 8q22 3/10.5
    Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein COMP 19p13.1 8/33.0
    Cathepsin K CTSK 1q21 3/47.9
    Chordin CHRD 3q27 16/14.0
    Collagen, type I, α1 COL1A1 17q21.31-22 11/56.0
    Collagen, type I, α2 COL1A2 7q22.1 6/068
    Collagen, type II, α1 COL2A1 12q13.11-q13.2 1/15.0
    Collagen, type IX, α1 COL9A1 6q13 15/54.5
    Collagen, type IX, α2 COL9A2 1p33-p32.2 4/53.0
    Collagen, type XI, α1 COL11A1 1p21 3/53.1
    Collagen, type XI, α2 COL11A2 6p21.3 17/18.51
    Fibrillin 1 FBN1 15q21.1 2/71.0
    Klotho KL 13q12 5/63
    MGP MGP 12p13.1-p12.3 6
    Monocyte chemotatic protein 1 MCP1 (SCYA2) 17q11.2-q12 11/46.5
    Noggin NOG 17q22 11/50.5
    Osteonectin ON 5q31.3-q32 11/29.9
    OPN (bone sialoprotein I) OPN 4q21-q25 5/56.0
    T cell, immune regulator I ATP6i 11q13.4-q13.5 19/6.0
    Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase ACPS 19p13.3-p13.1 9/6.0
    Thrombospondin 1 TSP-1 15q15 2/65.0
Transcription factor
    Osterix (mouse) OSX 12q12 15
    Runt-related transcription factor 2 RUNX2 (CBFA-1) 6p21 17/28.07
    SRY (sex-determining region Y)-box 9 SOX9 17q24.3-q25.1 11/69.5
    SRY-box 5 SOX5 12p12.1 6/69.5
Signaling pathway components
    BMP-2 BMP-2 20p12 2/76.1
    BMP-4 BMP-4 14q22-q23 NA
    CSF-1 receptor CSF-1R (C-FMS) 5p33.2-33.3 18/30.0
    Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 6 SMAD6 15q21-q22 9
    Osteoprotegerin OPG 8q24 NA
    RANK RANK 18q22.1 NA
    RANKL RANKL 13q14 14/45.0
    TRAF-6 TRAF6 11p11.2 NA
    TNF-α TNF 6p21.3 17/19.06
    TNF receptor 1 TNFR1 12p13.2 6/60.55
    Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 LRP5 11q13.4 19.B
Homeobox genes
    Bagpipe homeobox BAPX1 4p16.1 5/23.0
    Distal-less homeobox 5 DLX5 7q22 6/2.0
    Distal-less homeobox 6 DLX6 7q22 6/2.0
    Muscle segment homeobox MSX2 5q34-q35 13/32.0
Growth factors
    CSF-1 (macrophage CSF) CSF-1 (M-CSF) 1p21-p13 3/51.0
    Fibroblast growth factor 2 FGF2 4q25-q27 3/19.3
    Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 FGFR3 4p16.3 5/20.0
    Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 4 IGFBP4 17q12-q21 NA
    Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 5 IGFBP5 2q33-q36 1/36.1
    Indian hedgehog IHH 2q33-q35 1/40.8
    Insulin-like growth factor 1 (somatomedin C) IGF1 12q22-q24.1 10/48.0
    Insulin-like growth factor 2 (somatomedin A) IGF2 11p15.5 7/69.09
    Interferon β IFNB 9p21 4/42.6
    Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) PTHrP 12p12.1-p11.2 6/74.0
    Platelet-derived growth factor, α polypeptide PDGFA 7p22 5/82.0
    Platelet-derived growth factor, β polypeptide PDGFB 22q12.3-q13.1 15/46.8
    Transforming growth factor β TGFB1 19p13.1 7/6.5
Hormones
    Leptin LEP 7q31.3 5/10.5
    Leptin receptor LEPR 1p31 4/46.7
    Parathyroid hormone PIH 11p15.3-p15.1 7/52.5

cM, centimorgans; NA, not applicable; TRAF-6, TNF receptor-associated factor 6.