Publications

Wang L, Shao YY, Ballock RT. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-y promotes adipogenic changes in growth plate chondrocytes in vitro.  PPAR Res  2006, art. no. 67297; doi:10.1155/PPAR/2006/67297.

Shao YY, Wang L, Ballock RT. Thyroid hormone and the growth plate. Rev Endocr Metab Disord  2006;7:265-71.

Shao YY, et al. Analysis of gene expression in mineralized skeletal tissues by laser capture microdissection and RT-PCR. Lab Invest  2006;86:1089-95.

Wang L, Shao YY, Ballock RT. Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) represses thyroid hormone signaling in growth plate chondrocytes. Bone  2005;37:305-12.

West LA, Ballock RT. Related Articles, High incidence of hip dysplasia but not slipped capital femoral epiphysis in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome. J Pediatr Orthop. 2004 Sep-Oct;24(5):565-7.

Stewart MC, Kadlcek RM, Robbins PD, MacLeod JN, Ballock RT. Expression and activity of the CDK inhibitor p57Kip2 in chondrocytes undergoing hypertrophic differentiation. J Bone Miner Res. 2004 Jan;19(1):123-32.

Ballock RT, O'Keefe RJ. Physiology and pathophysiology of the growth plate.  Birth Defects Res C Embryo Today. 2003 May;69(2):123-43. Review.

Grisoni NE, Ballock RT, Thompson GH. Second cervical vertebrae pedicle fractures versus synchondrosis in a child. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2003 Aug;(413):238-42.

Ballock RT, O'Keefe RJ.  The biology of the growth plate. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2003 Apr;85-A(4):715-26.

Guldberg RE, Ballock RT, Boyan BD, Duvall CL, Lin AS, Nagaraja S, Oest M, Phillips J, Porter BD, Robertson G, Taylor WR. Analyzing bone, blood vessels, and biomaterials with microcomputed tomography. IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2003 Sep-Oct;22(5):77-83.