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Osteoblast lineage Sod2 deficiency leads to an osteoporosis-like phenotype in mice.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 May 2022
Schoppa Astrid M, Chen Xiangxu, Ramge Jan-Moritz, Vikman Anna, Fischer Verena, Haffner-Luntzer Melanie, Riegger Jana, Tuckermann Jan, Scharffetter-Kochanek Karin, Ignatius Anita
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Osteoporosis is a systemic metabolic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and strength associated with fragility fractures. Oxidative stress, which results from elevated intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and arises in the aging organism, is considered one of the critical factors contributing to osteoporosis. Mitochondrial (mt)ROS, as the superoxide anion (O2-) generated during mitochondrial...
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