Article
Hormone responsive genes involved in osteoporosis in post-menopausal women
2017-01-01
Abstract excerpt
The health of our bones is maintained by two major cell types in a delicate balance of active bone remodelling through bone resorption by osteoclasts and bone formation by osteoblasts. An imbalance in the processes leads to osteoporosis, which is a metabolic disorder of the bones that shows increased incidence in postmenopausal women, where estrogen deficiency plays a significant role in its development. Hormone a...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- 185dfa57-2a3a-5840-99af-c51981692cf5
- DOI
- 10.17638/03016126
