Involvement of WNT/β-catenin signaling in the treatment of osteoporosis

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-132

  Rossini, Maurizio ^a   Gatti, Davide ^a   Adami, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Osteoblast; Osteoclast; Osteocyte; Osteoporosis; WNT signaling

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BETA CATENIN; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DENOSUMAB; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; PLACEBO; RALOXIFENE; ROMOSOZUMAB; SCLEROSTIN; STRONTIUM RANELATE; WNT PROTEIN;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMUR FRACTURE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEM CELL; TIBIA FRACTURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; BONE REMODELING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84880922830     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: 14320827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-013-9749-z     Document Type: Review

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