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Estrogen receptor α in osteocytes regulates trabecular bone formation in female mice.
Bone - 1 Mar 2014
Kondoh Shino, Inoue Kazuki, Igarashi Katsuhide, Sugizaki Hiroe, Shirode-Fukuda Yuko, Inoue Erina, Yu Taiyong, Takeuchi Jun K, Kanno Jun, Bonewald Lynda F, Imai Yuuki
Abstract excerpt
Estrogens are well known steroid hormones necessary to maintain bone health. In addition, mechanical loading, in which estrogen signaling may intersect with the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, is essential for bone maintenance. As osteocytes are known as the major mechanosensory cells embedded in mineralized bone matrix, osteocyte ERα deletion mice (ERα(ΔOcy/ΔOcy)) were generated by mating ERα floxed mice with Dmp1-Cre...
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