Bone Abstracts

Objectives: We recently demonstrated that cow’s milk allergic infants who received an amino acid-based formula (AAF) for 16 weeks as oral feeding had adequate mineral status (1). One factor that may negatively affect mineral solubility and bioavailability and hence mineral status, is high gastric pH (2), but data on this in infants are lacking. Therefore, the present study evaluates serum concentrations of phosphorus, calcium and magnesium in a subgroup of infants on AAF ...

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Here we identify the lipolytic enzyme hepatic lipase (HL, encoded by Lipc) as a novel cell-autonomous regulator of osteoblast function. In an unbiased genome-wide expression analysis, we find Lipc – which was formerly thought to be expressed almost exclusively by the liver – to be highly induced upon osteoblast differentiation, as verified by quantitative Taqman analyses of primary osteoblasts in vitro and of bone samples in vivo. ...

Using a longitudinal observational study with two evaluations and a 1 year follow-up interval, we investigated the influence of everyday physical activity (PA) and skeletal geometry in bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mass distribution at the proximal femur (PF) in 96 girls and 81 boys (10–12 years). Whole body and left hip DXA scans were used to derive geometric measures of the pelvis (inter acetabular distance – IAD) and PF (abductor lever arm – ALA). BMD w...

Background: Paget’s disease of Bone (PDB) has a strong genetic component and a candidate locus for the disease has been identified on chromosome 14q32, tagged by rs10498635 located within RIN3 (Albagha et al, Nat Genet 2011). RIN3 encodes a protein that acts as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rab5b and Rab31. Here we investigated the candidacy of RIN3 as a predisposing gene for PDB.Methods: We studied expression of RIN3 by quantita...

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Osteoporosis is common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Since osteoblasts express receptors for CXCL8 and CCL20, which are produced by inflammatory cells around the inflamed joints in RA, we hypothesized that CXCL8 and CCL20 contribute to osteoporosis in RA by affecting osteoblast proliferation, differentiation, and osteoblast-osteoclast communication.Primary human osteoblasts were cultured±CXCL8 (2–200 pg/ml) and CCL20 (5–500 pg/ml) for 14 d...

Introduction: Despite similarities in upfront treatment, impairment of bone mineral density(BMD) varies in long-term adult survivors of childhood cancer (CCS). We studied for the first time whether genetic variation is involved in impairment of BMD in adult long-term CCS.Method: This cross-sectional single-center cohort study included 334 adult CCS (median follow-up time: 15.2 years (range 5.1–39.8); median age at follow-up: 26.1 years (range 18.1&#...

Objectives: To assess the effects of short-term vitamin D supplementation on bone metabolism, glycaemic status and immune function in vitamin D deficient children.Method: Treatment with daily 5000 IU cholecalciferol supplementation for 6 weeks. At baseline and end of treatment serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), parathyroid hormone (PTH), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), serum collagen type 1 cross-linked C-telopeptide (CTX), serum calcium, HbA1c, sex hormon...

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