MicroRNAs in Bone Balance and Osteoporosis

Drug Development Research

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 235-245

  Chen, Junying ^a   Qiu, Min ^a   Dou, Ce ^b   Cao, Zhen ^b   Dong, Shiwu ^b  

^a No 324 Hospital of People's Liberation Army   (China)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bone balance; microRNA; osteoblast; osteoclasts; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGENTS AFFECTING NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; ANTAGOMIR; ANTIMICRORNA OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; AZD 4076; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 125B; MICRORNA 133; MICRORNA 135; MICRORNA 140; MICRORNA 145; MICRORNA 146; MICRORNA 148A; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 204; MICRORNA 206; MICRORNA 211; MICRORNA 223; MICRORNA 2861; MICRORNA 29B; MICRORNA 3960; MICRORNA 7B; NEPHRONECTIN; RG 125; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERALIZATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CHONDROGENESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; ANIMAL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BONE AND BONES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; OSTEOGENESIS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 84939797668     PISSN: 02724391     EISSN: 10982299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddr.21260     Document Type: Article

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