Advances in pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies for osteoporosis

S Song, Y Guo, Y Yang, D Fu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Osteoporosis, is the most common bone disorder worldwide characterized by low bone
mineral density, leaving affected bones vulnerable to fracture. Bone homeostasis depends …

[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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical basis of bone strength: influence of bone material, bone structure and muscle action

NH Hart, S Nimphius, T Rantalainen… - … of musculoskeletal & …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This review summarises current understanding of how bone is sculpted through adaptive
processes, designed to meet the mechanical challenges it faces in everyday life and athletic …

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 …

WNT signaling in bone homeostasis and disease: from human mutations to treatments

R Baron, M Kneissel - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
Low bone mass and strength lead to fragility fractures, for example, in elderly individuals
affected by osteoporosis or children with osteogenesis imperfecta. A decade ago, rare …

Genetic loci associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with loci for lung function and pulmonary fibrosis

BD Hobbs, K De Jong, M Lamontagne, Y Bossé… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide.
We performed a genetic association study in 15,256 cases and 47,936 controls, with …

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 …

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

K Estrada, U Styrkarsdottir, E Evangelou, YH Hsu… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Bone mineral density (BMD) is the most widely used predictor of fracture risk. We performed
the largest meta-analysis to date on lumbar spine and femoral neck BMD, including 17 …