During pregnancy and lactation, female physiology adapts to meet the added nutritional
demands of fetuses and neonates. An average full-term fetus contains∼ 30 g calcium, 20 g …

The identification of the OPG/RANKL/RANK system as the dominant, final mediator of
osteoclastogenesis represents a major advance in bone biology. It ended a long-standing …

The small (40S) subunit of eukaryotic ribosomes is believed to bind initially at the capped 5'-
end of messenger RNA and then migrate, stopping at the first AUG codon in a favorable …

Maternal-Fetal Calcium and Bone Metabolism During Pregnancy, Puerperium, and
Lactation* | Endocrine Reviews | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content Advertisement …

The complementary DNA encoding a 585-amino acid parathyroid hormone-parathyroid
hormone-related peptide (PTH-PTHrP) receptor with seven potential membrane-spanning …

The parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) gene was disrupted in murine embryonic
stem cells by homologous recombination, and the null allele was introduced into the mouse …

Mineral and bone metabolism are regulated differently in utero compared with the adult. The
fetal kidneys, intestines, and skeleton are not dominant sources of mineral supply for the …

PTHrP was identified as a cause of hypercalcemia in cancer patients 25 yr ago. In the
intervening years, we have learned that PTHrP and PTH are encoded by related genes that …

Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) was discovered as a result of a search for the
circulating factor secreted by cancers which causes the common paraneoplastic syndrome …

Although parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) was discovered as a cancer-derived
hormone, it has been revealed as an important paracrine/autocrine regulator in many …