The role of GH/IGF-I-mediated mechanisms in sex differences in cortical bone size in mice

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Olson, Lisa E ^a,b   Ohlsson, Claes ^c   Mohan, Subburaman ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Androgen; Bone formation and resorption; Estrogen; Growth hormone; IGF I

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GROWTH HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; AROMATIZATION; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH STIMULATION; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78951485139     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-010-9436-2     Document Type: Review

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