Regulation of sclerostin expression by paracrine and endocrine factors

Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-107

  Sims, Natalie A ^a,b   Chia, Ling Yeong ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cytokines; Ephrin; Estradiol; Gp130; Osteoblast; Osteoclast; Osteocyte; Sclerostin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN; CARDIOTROPHIN 1; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; EPHRIN B2; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GONADORELIN; INTERLEUKIN 33; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; ONCOSTATIN M; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SALCATONIN; SCLEROSTIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OSTERIX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICAL BONE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FORCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHENOTYPE; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84861231414     PISSN: 15348644     EISSN: 15590119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12018-011-9121-7     Document Type: Article

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