Genetics of osteoporosis: accelerating pace in gene identification and validation

WF Li, SX Hou, B Yu, MM Li, C Férec, JM Chen - Human genetics, 2010 - Springer
Osteoporosis is characterized by low bone mineral density and structural deterioration of
bone tissue, leading to an increased risk of fractures. It is the most common metabolic bone …

Associations between ERα/β gene polymorphisms and osteoporosis susceptibility and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta …

H Zhu, J Jiang, Q Wang, J Zong, L Zhang, T Ma… - BMC Endocrine …, 2018 - Springer
Background Many studies have reported associations between estrogen receptor (ER) gene
polymorphisms and postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) risk and bone mineral density …

[HTML][HTML] Loading-related regulation of gene expression in bone in the contexts of estrogen deficiency, lack of estrogen receptor α and disuse

G Zaman, LK Saxon, A Sunters, H Hilton, P Underhill… - Bone, 2010 - Elsevier
Loading-related changes in gene expression in resident cells in the tibia of female mice in
the contexts of normality (WT), estrogen deficiency (WT-OVX), absence of estrogen receptor …

Evaluation of ERα and VDR gene polymorphisms in relation to bone mineral density in Turkish postmenopausal women

O Kurt, H Yilmaz-Aydogan, M Uyar, T Isbir… - Molecular biology …, 2012 - Springer
It has been suggested that the estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and vitamin D receptor (VDR)
genes as possibly implicated in reduced bone mineral density (BMD) in osteoporosis. The …

Genetic epidemiology of age-related osteoporosis and its clinical applications

CL Cheung, SM Xiao, AWC Kung - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2010 - nature.com
Osteoporosis is an important and complex disorder that is highly prevalent worldwide. This
disease poses a major challenge to modern medicine and its treatment is associated with …

Thiophene-core estrogen receptor ligands having superagonist activity

J Min, P Wang, S Srinivasan… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
To probe the importance of the heterocyclic core of estrogen receptor (ER) ligands, we
prepared a series of thiophene-core ligands by Suzuki cross-coupling of aryl boronic acids …

Analysis of recently identified osteoporosis susceptibility genes in Han Chinese women

J Liu, M Zhang, L Zhao, B Cui, Z Li… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background: In Europeans and populations of European origin, several osteoporosis
susceptibility genes, including ZBTB40, RANK, RANKL, OPG, MHC, and ESR1, were …

Combined effects of collagen type I alpha1 (COL1A1) Sp1 polymorphism and osteoporosis risk factors on bone mineral density in Turkish postmenopausal women

O Kurt-Sirin, H Yilmaz-Aydogan, M Uyar, MF Seyhan… - Gene, 2014 - Elsevier
Identification of risk factors for osteoporosis has been essential for understanding the
development of osteoporosis. The collagen type I alpha1 (COL1A1) gene is suggested to be …

Insights into the genetics of osteoporosis from recent genome-wide association studies

HF Zheng, TD Spector, JB Richards - Expert reviews in molecular …, 2011 - cambridge.org
Osteoporosis, which is characterised by reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and an
increased risk of fragility fractures, is the result of a complex interaction between …

Association of estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms with bone mineral density: a meta-analysis

K Wang, DQ Shi, LS Sun, X Jiang, YY Lü… - Chinese medical …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background A number of studies have examined the association between estrogen receptor
alpha (ESR-α) gene polymorphisms and bone mineral density (BMD), but previous studies …