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Bone mass effects of a Smad6 gene polymorphism in Japanese postmenopausal women.
Journal of bone and mineral metabolism - 1 Jan 2009
Urano Tomohiko, Shiraki Masataka, Usui Takahiko, Sasaki Noriko, Ouchi Yasuyoshi, Inoue Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
Smad6 plays pivotal roles in the negative regulation of transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) family signaling as one of the feedback molecules. Here, we analyzed whether the human Smad6 gene is involved in the regulation of bone mass, using association analysis between bone mineral density (BMD) and single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the Smad6 gene. Association of an SNP at IVS3+26115A>C (intron 3,...
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