The role of heparan sulfate proteoglycans during zebrafish bone regeneration (B11*)

• Subject Area: Developmental Biology
• Term: from 2017 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 59307082

F. Knopf and M. Brand focus on the bone regeneration and glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIO) using zebrafish as a model. Their goals are to investigate the FGF (fibroblast growth factor) signaling pathway and the interaction of FGF with heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG), and to establish FGF morphogenetic gradients, because of their importance for normal and osteoporotic bone regeneration. These results provide insights into the interaction of HSPG and FGFs during adult bone regeneration after trauma and its modulation by glucocorticoids.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 67: Functional Biomaterials for Controlling Healing Processes in Bone und Skin - From Material Science to Clinical Application
• Applicant Institution: Universität Leipzig
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Michael Brand; Professorin Dr. Franziska Knopf