## Abstract Recent studies have suggested that leptin hormone may play a pivotal role on bone remodeling through a direct effect by modulating positively the OPG/RANKL balance. Here, we investigate the effect of leptin hormone on RANKL and OPG expression in MC3T3βE1 osteoblasts using RTβPCR and ELI
Influence of bisphosphonates on the osteoblast RANKL and OPG gene expression in vitro
β Scribed by Felix Peter Koch; Christina Merkel; Thomas Ziebart; Ralf Smeets; Christian Walter; Bilal Al-Nawas
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 349 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-6981
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