Skeletal changes in transgenic male mice expressing human cytochrome P450 aromatase

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1320-1328

  Peng, ZhiQi ^a   Li, XiangDong ^a   Mäkelä, Sari ^a   Väänänen, H Kalervo ^a   Poutanen, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aromatase; BMD; Bone formation rate; Estradiol; Histomorphometry; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; CALCEIN; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PERIOSTEUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OSTEOCLAST; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUORESCEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OSTEOCLASTS; OSTEOGENESIS; SEX FACTORS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16644381629     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.040510     Document Type: Article

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