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NPY regulation of bone remodelling.
Neuropeptides - 1 Dec 2009
Lee Nicola J, Herzog Herbert
Abstract excerpt
Neuropeptide Y (NPY), a classic neuronal regulator of energy homeostasis, is now also known to be involved in the control of bone homeostasis. Of the five known Y receptors through which the NPY family of ligands signals, the Y1 and Y2 receptors have so far been implicated in the control of osteoblast activity and thus bone formation. Analysis of brain specific NPY overexpressing and Y receptor knockout models...
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