Androgen receptor action in osteoblasts in male mice is dependent on their stage of maturation

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 809-823

  Russell, Patricia K ^a   Clarke, Michele V ^a   Cheong, Karey ^b   Anderson, Paul H ^c   Morris, Howard A ^c   Wiren, Kristine M ^d,e   Zajac, Jeffrey D ^a   Davey, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone histomorphometry; Genetic animal models; Osteoblasts; Osteoclasts; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE TURNOVER; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DNA BINDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH PLATE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRABECULAR BONE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; FEMUR; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMUR; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OSTEOBLASTS; RANK LIGAND; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSGENES; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84927778019     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2413     Document Type: Article

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