Article
Investigation of the relationship between osteoporosis and the collagenase gene by means of polymorphism of the 5'upstream region of this gene.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Jan 1995
Thiry-Blaise L M, Taquet A N, Reginster J Y, Nusgens B, Franchimont P, Lapière C M
Abstract excerpt
Osteoporosis is a slowly progressing disease resulting from an imbalance between bone accretion and degradation. As interstitial collagenase is a key enzyme in the degradation of bone matrix, we investigated a possible relationship between the collagenase gene and osteoporosis. Analysis of an amp...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Collagenases
- DNA
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
