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Promoter 2 -1025 T/C polymorphism in the RUNX2 gene is associated with femoral neck bmd in Spanish postmenopausal women.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Oct 2007
Bustamante Mariona, Nogués Xavier, Agueda Lídia, Jurado Susana, Wesselius Anke, Cáceres Enrique, Carreras Ramon, Ciria Manel, Mellibovsky Leonardo, Balcells Susana, Díez-Pérez Adolfo, Grinberg Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Stimulation of bone formation is a key therapeutic target in osteoporosis. Runx2 is a runt domain transcription factor essential to osteoblast differentiation, bone remodeling, and fracture healing. Runx2 knockout mice exhibit a complete lack of ossification, while overexpression of this gene in...
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