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A sequence variation: 713-8delC in the transforming growth factor-beta 1 gene has higher prevalence in osteoporotic women than in normal women and is associated with very low bone mass in osteoporotic women and increased bone turnover in both osteoporotic and normal women.
Bone - 1 Mar 1997
Langdahl B L, Knudsen J Y, Jensen H K, Gregersen N, Eriksen E F
Abstract excerpt
Bone mass is partly genetically determined. The genes involved are, however, still largely unknown. Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) is considered a putative regulator of osteoclastic-osteoblastic interaction (coupling). The aim of the present study was therefore to examine whether possible variants of the TGF-beta 1 gene are related to bone mass and osteoporosis. We examined 161 osteoporotic women...
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