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Decreased bone formation and osteopenia in mice lacking alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Dec 2004
Schinke Thorsten, Liese Sarah, Priemel Matthias, Haberland Michael, Schilling Arndt F, Catala-Lehnen Philip, Blicharski Dagmar, Rueger Johannes M, Gagel Robert F, Emeson Ronald B, Amling Michael
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UNLABELLED: We recently described an unexpected high bone mass phenotype in mice lacking the Calca gene that encodes CT and alphaCGRP. Here we show that mice specifically lacking alphaCGRP expression display an osteopenia caused by a decreased bone formation. These results show that alphaCGRP is...
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