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Alan Boyde is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Rheumatology, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Paleontology.

The main topics covered in Alan Boyde's work include:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Veterinary Equine Medical Research
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Bone and Joint Diseases
  • Sports injuries and prevention

Alan Boyde has published in several academic venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Anatomy
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Calcified Tissue International
  • Materials Today Bio

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Accelerating functional gene discovery in osteoarthritis," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "The Bone Cartilage Interface and Osteoarthritis," 2021, Calcified Tissue International
  • "A comparative histological study of the osteoderms in the lizards Heloderma suspectum (Squamata: Helodermatidae) and Varanus komodoensis (Squamata: Varanidae)," 2020, Journal of Anatomy
  • "Topographically guided hierarchical mineralization," 2021, Materials Today Bio
  • "The plate-to-rod transition in trabecular bone loss is elusive," 2021, Royal Society Open Science

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • David Mills
  • Michael Doube
  • C. M. Riggs
  • Natalie C. Butterfield
  • Katherine F. Curry

Best Publications

  • Stem Cell Properties of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells

    S. Gronthos;J. Brahim;W. Li;L.W. Fisher

  • Impaired osteoclastic bone resorption leads to osteopetrosis in cathepsin-K-deficient mice

    Paul Saftig;Ernst Hunziker;Olaf Wehmeyer;Sheila Jones

  • Autologous bone marrow stromal cells loaded onto porous hydroxyapatite ceramic accelerate bone repair in critical-size defects of sheep long bones.

    E. Kon;A. Muraglia;A. Corsi;P. Bianco

  • Osteoclast-like cell formation and its regulation by osteotropic hormones in mouse bone marrow cultures.

    N Takahashi;H Yamana;S Yoshiki;G D Roodman

  • The relationship between the chemistry and biological activity of the bisphosphonates.

    F H Ebetino;A M Hogan;S Sun;M K Tsoumpra

  • Phenotypic effects of biglycan deficiency are linked to collagen fibril abnormalities, are synergized by decorin deficiency, and mimic Ehlers-Danlos-like changes in bone and other connective tissues.

    A. Corsi;T. Xu;Xiao-dong Chen;A. Boyde

  • Preparation of animal tissues for surface-scanning electron microscopy.

    A. Boyde;C. Wood

  • Mice lacking tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (Acp 5) have disrupted endochondral ossification and mild osteopetrosis

    Alison R. Hayman;Sheila J. Jones;Alan Boyde;Diane Foster

  • Resorption of dentine by isolated osteoclasts in vitro

    A Boyde;N N Ali;S J Jones

  • High bone resorption in adult aging transgenic mice overexpressing cbfa1/runx2 in cells of the osteoblastic lineage.

    Valérie Geoffroy;Michaela Kneissel;Brigitte Fournier;Alan Boyde

  • Nanomechanical properties and mineral concentration in articular calcified cartilage and subchondral bone.

    Virginia L. Ferguson;Andrew J. Bushby;Alan Boyde

  • Circularly polarized light standards for investigations of collagen fiber orientation in bone

    Timothy G. Bromage;Haviva M. Goldman;Shannon C. McFarlin;Johanna Warshaw

  • Mechanical implications of collagen fibre orientation in cortical bone of the equine radius.

    C. M. Riggs;L. C. Vaughan;G. P. Evans;L. E. Lanyon

  • Microscopic criteria for the determination of directionality of cutmarks on bone

    Timothy G. Bromage;Timothy G. Bromage;Alan Boyde

  • The structure and development of mammalian enamel.

    Alan Boyde

  • Thyroid Hormone Excess Rather Than Thyrotropin Deficiency Induces Osteoporosis in Hyperthyroidism

    J. H.Duncan Bassett;Patrick J. O'Shea;Srividya Sriskantharajah;Bénédicte Rabier

  • Scanning electron microscopy of lamellar bone.

    A. Boyde;M. H. Hobdell

  • Pathology of the distal condyles of the third metacarpal and third metatarsal bones of the horse

    C. M. Riggs;G. H. Whitehouse;A. Boyde

  • The mineralization density of iliac crest bone from children with osteogenesis imperfecta

    A. Boyde;R. Travers;F. H. Glorieux;S. J. Jones

  • Osteoconduction in large macroporous hydroxyapatite ceramic implants: evidence for a complementary integration and disintegration mechanism

    A Boyde;A Corsi;R Quarto;R Cancedda

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Bianco
Paolo Bianco Sapienza University of Rome
Andrew A. Pitsillides
Andrew A. Pitsillides Royal Veterinary College
Pamela Gehron Robey
Pamela Gehron Robey National Institutes of Health
Michelle L. Oyen
Michelle L. Oyen Washington University in St. Louis
Roger D. Cox
Roger D. Cox Medical Research Council
Peter D. Clegg
Peter D. Clegg University of Liverpool
Rajesh V. Thakker
Rajesh V. Thakker University of Oxford
Colin Farquharson
Colin Farquharson University of Edinburgh
Matthew A. Brown
Matthew A. Brown Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Gina L. Pinchbeck
Gina L. Pinchbeck University of Liverpool

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