ba0005p318 | Osteoporosis: evaluation and imaging | ECTS2016
Mandourah Abdullah
, Hof Rob Van' T
, Ranganath Lakshminarayan
, Barraclough Roger
, Barraclough Dong
Osteoporosis is the commonest worldwide age-related bone disease. It is clinically symptomless until the first fracture happens. Circulating microRNAs can be used as novel biomarkers to assess health status and progression of complex diseases. A recent review highlighted the involvement of microRNAs in the control of bone formation and remodeling. Most of these studies have been done on animal models, but few on human blood samples.This research aims to ...