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Cellular and molecular mechanism of low-turnover osteopenia in the klotho-deficient mouse.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 May 2000
Kawaguchi H, Manabe N, Chikuda H, Nakamura K, Kuroo M
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The mouse homozygous for a disruption of the klotho locus (KL-/- or klotho mouse) exhibited multiple pathological conditions resembling human aging. We observed osteopenia in KL-/- mice with a low bone turnover, in which the decrease in bone formation exceeded the decrease in bone resorption and resulted in net bone loss. This pathophysiology resembles closely that of senile osteoporosis in humans. Osteoblastic...
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