Global, regional prevalence, and risk factors of osteoporosis according to the World Health Organization diagnostic criteria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

PL Xiao, AY Cui, CJ Hsu, R Peng, N Jiang… - Osteoporosis …, 2022 - Springer
This systematic review and meta-analysis estimated the global, regional prevalence, and
risk factors of osteoporosis. Prevalence varied greatly according to countries (from 4.1% in …

A road map for understanding molecular and genetic determinants of osteoporosis

TL Yang, H Shen, A Liu, SS Dong, L Zhang… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Osteoporosis is a highly prevalent disorder characterized by low bone mineral density and
an increased risk of fracture, termed osteoporotic fracture. Notably, bone mineral density …

An atlas of genetic influences on osteoporosis in humans and mice

JA Morris, JP Kemp, SE Youlten, L Laurent, JG Logan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Osteoporosis is a common aging-related disease diagnosed primarily using bone mineral
density (BMD). We assessed genetic determinants of BMD as estimated by heel quantitative …

[HTML][HTML] Twelve years of GWAS discoveries for osteoporosis and related traits: advances, challenges and applications

X Zhu, W Bai, H Zheng - Bone research, 2021 - nature.com
Osteoporosis is a common skeletal disease, affecting~ 200 million people around the world.
As a complex disease, osteoporosis is influenced by many factors, including diet (eg calcium …

Genetic architecture: the shape of the genetic contribution to human traits and disease

NJ Timpson, CMT Greenwood, N Soranzo… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Genetic architecture describes the characteristics of genetic variation that are responsible for
heritable phenotypic variability. It depends on the number of genetic variants affecting a trait …

Identification of 153 new loci associated with heel bone mineral density and functional involvement of GPC6 in osteoporosis

JP Kemp, JA Morris, C Medina-Gomez, V Forgetta… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Osteoporosis is a common disease diagnosed primarily by measurement of bone mineral
density (BMD). We undertook a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 142,487 …

Whole‐genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture

HF Zheng, V Forgetta, YH Hsu, K Estrada… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The extent to which low‐frequency (minor allele frequency (MAF) between 1–5%) and rare
(MAF≤ 1%) variants contribute to complex traits and disease in the general population is …

Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study

K Trajanoska, JA Morris, L Oei, HF Zheng, DM Evans… - bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Objectives To identify the genetic determinants of fracture risk and assess the role of 15
clinical risk factors on osteoporotic fracture risk. Design Meta-analysis of genome wide …

WNT1 Mutations in Early-Onset Osteoporosis and Osteogenesis Imperfecta

CM Laine, KS Joeng, PM Campeau… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
This report identifies human skeletal diseases associated with mutations in WNT1. In 10
family members with dominantly inherited, early-onset osteoporosis, we identified a …

The relevance of mouse models for investigating age-related bone loss in humans

RL Jilka - Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biomedical …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Mice are increasingly used for investigation of the pathophysiology of osteoporosis because
their genome is easily manipulated, and their skeleton is similar to that of humans. Unlike …