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Yoon SY, Lim SK, Li SZ, Song YD, Lee HC, Kim KR, Huh KB
KMID: 2199564
J Korean Soc Endocrinol.
1999 Dec;14(4):698-705.
BACKGROUND: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is one of the candidate cytokines to play an important role in bone loss followed by estrogen deficiency. Recently, the IL-6 VNTR (various number tandem repeats) genotype...
The mechanisms of high turnover bone loss induced by Cyclosporin A (CsA) are not clearly understood. Deficiencies in sex hormones result in high turnover osteoporosis, and not only androgen but...
Melanocortin is the downstream mediator of leptin signaling and absence of leptin signaling in ob/ob and db/db mice revealed the enhancement of bone formation through the central regulation. While alpha-melanocyte-stimulating...