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Effects of anti-osteoporosis drugs against dexamethasone-induced osteoporosis-like phenotype using a zebrafish scale-regeneration model.
Journal of pharmacological sciences - 1 Jun 2020
Saito Yuichi, Nakamura Shinsuke, Chinen Naoki, Shimazawa Masamitsu, Hara Hideaki
Abstract excerpt
There are several animal models of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIOP), but each requires a long time to evaluate drug effects. Zebrafish scales are classified as dermal bone and potentially represent a convenient animal model of GIOP because they rapidly regenerate following their removal. We clarified that dexamethasone-treated regenerating scales showed malformations, decreased size and circularity....
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