M Almeida, MR Laurent, V Dubois… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Estrogens and androgens influence the growth and maintenance of the mammalian skeleton and are responsible for its sexual dimorphism. Estrogen deficiency at menopause …
Bone mineral density (BMD) is a heritable complex trait used in the clinical diagnosis of osteoporosis and the assessment of fracture risk. We performed meta-analysis of five …
SH Ralston, AG Uitterlinden - Endocrine reviews, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Osteoporosis is a common disease with a strong genetic component characterized by reduced bone mass, defects in the microarchitecture of bone tissue, and an increased risk of …
X Lin, D Xiong, YQ Peng, ZF Sheng… - … interventions in aging, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
With the progressive aging of the population, osteoporosis has gradually grown into a global health problem for men and women aged 50 years and older because of its consequences …
Osteoporosis is among the most common and costly diseases and is increasing in prevalence owing to the ageing of our global population. Clinically defined largely through …
Background Osteoporosis is characterized by low bone mass and compromised bone structure, heritable traits that contribute to fracture risk. There have been no genome-wide …
Osteoporosis is a complex disorder and commonly leads to fractures in elderly persons. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have become an unbiased approach to identify …
M Wu, W Chen, Y Lu, G Zhu, L Hao, YP Li - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Many positive signalling pathways of osteoclastogenesis have been characterized, but negative signalling pathways are less well studied. Here we show by microarray and RNAi …
AWC Kung, SM Xiao, S Cherny, GHY Li, Y Gao… - The American Journal of …, 2010 - cell.com
Bone mineral density (BMD), a diagnostic parameter for osteoporosis and a clinical predictor of fracture, is a polygenic trait with high heritability. To identify genetic variants that influence …