Bone Abstracts

Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) are currently being investigated as novel biomarkers for osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures. The aim of the present study was to investigate the differential expression of specific circulating micro RNAs known to regulate bone metabolism and homeostasis in postmenopausal osteoporotic women with and without vertebral fractures. For the analysis, miRNAs were isolated from the serum of 24 osteoporotic patients with at least one moderate vertebr...

Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) are currently being investigated as novel biomarkers for osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures. The aim of the present study was to investigate the differential expression of specific circulating micro RNAs known to regulate bone metabolism and homeostasis in postmenopausal osteoporotic women with and without vertebral fractures. For the analysis, miRNAs were isolated from the serum of 24 osteoporotic patients with at least one moderate vertebr...

: Osteonecrosis of the jaws (ONJ) is a relatively new adverse effect associated with bisphosphonate therapy, but no causal association has been established. By definition, a patient is considered to suffer from ONJ if he has current or previous treatment with a bisphosphonate, exposed bone in the maxillofacial region that has persisted for more than 8 weeks and no history of radiation therapy to the jaws. It has been proposed that ONJ could be linked with impaired topical immu...

Introduction: Bisphosphonates gain increasingly greater significance in treatment oncologic diseases with bone metastasis. However, a lot of articles have lately been published in dental and oncological journals on jaw osteonecrosis (ONJ) associated with long-term ingestion of bisphosphonates. Besides extension of clinical recommendations for zolendronate use, most commonly referred to in connection with ONJ, for treatment of Paget’s diseaseand other disturbances of bone ...

Objective: Serotonin is a neurotransmitter with multiple functions in the gastrointestinal tract and CNS. Recent animal studies indicate that serotonin regulates bone mass and remodelling. In humans, a handful of studies have shown decreased bone mineral density (BMD) in adults treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) for depressive symptoms. Although SSRI’s are prescribed in pediatric practice, there are few studies examining the effect of SSRIs on bon...

Objective: Vascular calcification contributes to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, end stage renal disease, and diabetes, and is caused by genetic ablation of matrix Gla protein (MGP) in mice. Genetic ablation of MGP in mice results in excessive calcification of the vessel wall associated with a chondrocyte-like trans-differentiation in smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Canonical β-catenin signaling is activated in the calcified arterial Mgp&#8722...

Background: Subcutaneous fat necrosis (SCFN) of the newborn is an uncommon condition most commonly seen in term infants who have experienced perinatal stress presenting as nodules or plaques on the face, back or upper extremities. The associated complication of hypercalcemia is thought to be secondary to elevated 1,25-OH vitamin D from increased expression of 1-alpha hydroxylase from inflammatory granulomatous cells. However the natural history of SCFN, associated hypercalcemi...

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a class of drugs particularly used in gastric disorders. They promote a decrease on gastric acid secretion by inhibiting the H+/K+ ATPases. Osteoclasts are cells specialized in bone resorption by H+ translocation to the bone surface. Thus, PPIs might be regarded as potential tools to modulate osteoclast resorption activity, particularly in conditions that are associated with a hyperactivation of osteoclasts, li...

Hydroxyapatite (HA) has been widely used as a biocompatible ceramic in many areas of medicine, mainly for contact with bone tissue, due to its resemblance to mineral bone. Owing to the nanofeatures of bone tissue, new nano-HA based materials are among the most promising challenges in bioactive ceramics. Recently, it was observed that fluoroquinolones have the ability to interfere with osteoclastogenesis, in standard polystyrene cell culture plates. The aim of this work is to a...

Aim: Periodontologists all over the world are more and more interested in connection between pathogenesis of aggressive periodontitis (AP) and calcium and vitamin D metabolic disturbances. Vitamin D besides its direct effect on calcium homeostasis, has immunomodulatory action, that makes interesting the study of vitamin D effect on pathogenesis of AP.Materials and methods: We studied 102 (49 males; 53 females) patients with AP (40.32±1.13), 42 patie...