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Cortical bone resorption during exercise is interleukin-6 genotype-dependent.
European journal of applied physiology - 1 Mar 2003
Dhamrait Sukhbir S, James Laurence, Brull David J, Myerson Saul, Hawe Emma, Pennell Dudley J, World Michael, Humphries Stephen E, Haddad Fares, Montgomery Hugh E
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between the interleukin-6 (IL-6) -174 G>C promoter polymorphism and exercise-induced femoral cortical bone resorption. Skeletal response to exercise was assessed in 130 male Caucasian army recruits. Five cross-sectional magnetic resonance images of the right femur were obtained before and after a 10-week period of basic physical training, and changes in...
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