Thomas L Willett

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi In vitro non-enzymatic ribation reduces post-yield strain accommodation in cortical bone
    Thomas L Willett
    Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, 100 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L5
    Bone 52:611-22. 2013
  2. ncbi Enhanced levels of non-enzymatic glycation and pentosidine crosslinking in spontaneous osteoarthritis progression
    T L Willett
    Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 20:736-44. 2012
  3. ncbi Changes in collagen with aging maintain molecular stability after overload: evidence from an in vitro tendon model
    Thomas L Willett
    Bone Biology Laboratory, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5, Canada
    J Biomech Eng 132:031002. 2010
  4. ncbi Effect of rosiglitazone on bone quality in a rat model of insulin resistance and osteoporosis
    Laura D Sardone
    Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Diabetes 60:3271-8. 2011
  5. ncbi Differential effects of PPAR-{gamma} activation versus chemical or genetic reduction of DPP-4 activity on bone quality in mice
    Kimberly A Kyle
    Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Endocrinology 152:457-67. 2011
  6. ncbi 3BP2-deficient mice are osteoporotic with impaired osteoblast and osteoclast functions
    Noam Levaot
    Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Clin Invest 121:3244-57. 2011
  7. ncbi Changes in bone fatigue resistance due to collagen degradation
    Chrystia Wynnyckyj
    Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Room 840, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5
    J Orthop Res 29:197-203. 2011

Collaborators

  • Marc D Grynpas
  • Jian Wang
  • R Kandel
  • Ian G Aldous
  • Laura D Sardone
  • Kimberly A Kyle
  • Chrystia Wynnyckyj
  • Noam Levaot
  • Salima Janmohamed
  • Ivan G Fantus
  • Jose La Rose
  • Laurie L Baggio
  • Ioannis D Dimitriou
  • Richard Renlund
  • Robert Rottapel
  • Chiachien J Wang
  • Paul D Simoncic
  • Sidney Omelon
  • Adeline H M Ng
  • Daniel J Drucker
  • Andrew Scotter
  • Zhirui Wang
  • Ernst Reichenberger

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi In vitro non-enzymatic ribation reduces post-yield strain accommodation in cortical bone
    Thomas L Willett
    Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, 100 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L5
    Bone 52:611-22. 2013
    ..However, the positive correlations we have found suggest that increased crosslinking may not provide a complete explanation for this embrittlement...
  2. ncbi Enhanced levels of non-enzymatic glycation and pentosidine crosslinking in spontaneous osteoarthritis progression
    T L Willett
    Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 20:736-44. 2012
    ..To test the hypothesis that heightened advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) content in cartilage accelerates the progression of spontaneous osteoarthritis (OA) in the Hartley guinea pig (HGP) model...
  3. ncbi Changes in collagen with aging maintain molecular stability after overload: evidence from an in vitro tendon model
    Thomas L Willett
    Bone Biology Laboratory, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5, Canada
    J Biomech Eng 132:031002. 2010
    ..As techniques develop and improve, this new information may lead to important future studies concerning improved detection, prediction, and modeling of mechanical damage at much finer levels of tissue hierarchy than currently possible...
  4. ncbi Effect of rosiglitazone on bone quality in a rat model of insulin resistance and osteoporosis
    Laura D Sardone
    Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Diabetes 60:3271-8. 2011
    ..These were not osteoporotic vertebral fractures but, rather, occurred in the limbs. The purpose of this study was to investigate how RSG treatment alters bone quality, which leads to fracture risk, using the Zucker fatty rat as a model...
  5. ncbi Differential effects of PPAR-{gamma} activation versus chemical or genetic reduction of DPP-4 activity on bone quality in mice
    Kimberly A Kyle
    Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Endocrinology 152:457-67. 2011
    ..sitagliptin vs. genetic Dpp4 inactivation on bone mechanics in mice...
  6. ncbi 3BP2-deficient mice are osteoporotic with impaired osteoblast and osteoclast functions
    Noam Levaot
    Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Clin Invest 121:3244-57. 2011
    ..These findings reveal an unanticipated role for the 3BP2 adapter protein in osteoblast function and in coordinating bone homeostatic signals in both osteoclast and osteoblast lineages...
  7. ncbi Changes in bone fatigue resistance due to collagen degradation
    Chrystia Wynnyckyj
    Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Room 840, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5
    J Orthop Res 29:197-203. 2011
    ..Therefore, collagen degradation caused by KOH treatment may be responsible for the observed altered fatigue behavior at high stresses, since collagen is responsible for the creep behavior in bone...