Bone Abstracts

Background: Post-menopausal women generally present reduced serum levels of vitamin D, reduced VDR expression in skeletal muscle cells, and a gradual loss of muscle mass and muscle function. The relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D3] levels and muscle strength has been extensively investigated, even though there is no agreement in literature. Therefore, aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of vitamin D on 25(OH)D3 levels, muscle strength, and physica...

Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis are two elderly conditions characterized by two different pathophysiological mechanisms. In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), there is a metabolic impairment of the muscular-skeletal tissue. The aim of our study is to evaluate the biochemical and morphostructural alterations in different states of CKD in patients with osteoarthritis or hip fracture.We evaluated all patients undergoing hip replacement surgery from...

Background: Bone involvement in patients with β-thalassemia is well known, but only few studies have analyzed bone microarchitecture and the prevalence of intervertebral disc calcifications (IDCs) in these patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate the bone quality in a group of patients with β-thalassemia in terms of geometry and microarchitecture properties; moreover, we evaluated the presence of IDCs in these patients.Material and method...

Fibrous dysplasia of bone (FD) is a crippling skeletal disease caused by activating mutations (R201C, R201H) of the Gsα gene. We recently generated GsαR201C transgenic mice that develop a FD skeletal phenotype. The analyses of these mice demonstrated that increased bone resorption is one of the main morbidity factors in FD and that RANKL is the major molecular mediator of osteolysis at affected skeletal sites.Ob...

Objectives: Glucagon-like peptide 1 is secreted by intestinal L-cells into the blood supply in response to nutrients in the intestine. Although osteoblasts express the GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R), the main action of the GLP-1/GLP-1R pathway in bone physiology and bone quality is unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate bone strength and quality in a mouse model of GLP-1R deficiency.Materials/methods: Eight 16 weeks-old GLP-1R knock-out male m...

Objectives: Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) is secreted by intestinal K-cells into the blood supply in response to nutrient ingestion and absorption. Although osteoblasts and osteoclasts express the GIP receptor (GIPR), the main action of the GIP/GIPR pathway in bone physiology and bone quality is unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate bone quality in a mouse model of GIPR deficiency.Materials/methods: Eleven 16 weeks...

Objectives: A role for the gut hormones glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in controlling bone mass and strength has previously been reported. However, lack of one gut hormone is compensated by an elevated sensitivity to the other in single receptor knockout mice. As such the exact role of GIP and GLP-1 in bone is unclear. The aims of the present study were to assess bone mass and strength in mice with functional deletion of ...

Objectives: Most osteolytic tumors are in fact mixed and contain an osteoblastic component associated with the predominant osteolytic areas. This metaplastic woven bone can be evidenced on X-rays as blurred white areas but is always evidenced by histological analysis even in the absence of radiological expression. Metaplastic bone formation reflects the activation of new osteoblasts, the stimulation of the dormant lining cells due to the release of growth factors buried in the...

Tricho-rhino-pharyngeal syndrome (TRPS) is a rare genetic disorder, which is characterized by craniofacial and skeletal abnormalities. This report presents three cases of TRPS (two sporadic and one familial). Clinical presentation included typical facial features (pear-shape nose, long flat philtrum, thin upper vermilion border and protruding ears), thin, sparse scalp hair and different skeletal abnormalities with normal mentation. Case 1: 5.5-year-old boy with short stature (...

Objective: To establish the difference between deficiency, insufficiency and normal results of vitamin D according to severity of motor function disorder and the level of bone mineral density in children with cerebral palsy.Methods: Investigation encompassed 23 children, both genders, between 6 and 17 years of age, with diagnosed cerebral palsy, who were hospitalized between January 1 and December 31, 2014. Bone mineral density (BMD) was established usin...