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Fundamentals of Osteoporosis

Edited by
  • Robert Marcus, MD, Emeritus, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
  • David Feldman, Professor of Endocrinology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
  • Dorothy Nelson, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
  • Clifford Rosen, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.A.

Audience
Academic, medical, and pharmaceutical researchers in bone biology, endocrinology, and rheumatology; Medical researchers in pediatrics, internal medicine, orthopedics, primary care, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, and nephrology.

Hardbound, 552 Pages

Published: August 2009

Imprint: Academic Press

ISBN: 978-0-12-375098-3

Contents

  • 1) The Bone Organ System: Form and Function
    Elise F. Morgan, George L. Barnes, and Thomas A. Einhorn

    2) The Nature of Osteoporosis
    Robert Marcus and Mary L. Bouxsein

    3) Skeletal Heterogeneity and the Purposes of Bone Remodeling
    A.M. Parfitt

    4) Osteoblast Biology
    Jane B. Lian and Gary S. Stein

    5) Osteoclast Biology
    Harry C. Blair, Scott Simonet, David L. Lacey, and Mone Zaidi

    6) Osteocytes
    Lynda F. Bonewald

    7) The Regulatory Role of Matrix Proteins in Mineralization of Bone
    Wei Zhu, Pamela G. Robey, and Adele L. Boskey

    8) Development of the Skeleton
    Sylvain Provot, Ernestina Schipani, Joy Wu, and Henry Kronenberg

    9) Mouse Genetics as a Tool to Study Bone Development and Physiology
    Clifford J. Rosen and Wesley G. Beamer

    10) Parathyroid Hormone and Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein
    Robert A. Nissenson

    11) Vitamin D: Biology, Action, and Clinical Implications
    David Feldman, Peter J. Malloy, Aruna V. Krishnan, and Eva Balint

    12) Regulation of Bone Cell Function by Estrogens
    Barry S. Komm, Boris Cheskis, and Peter V.N. Bodine

    13) Androgens and Skeletal Biology: Basic Mechanisms
    Kristine M. Wiren

    14) Phosphatonins
    Peter J. Tebben, Theresa J. Berndt, and Rajiv Kumar

    15) Wnt Signaling in Bone
    Mark L. Johnson and Robert R. Recker

    16) Cytokines and Bone Remodeling
    Gregory R. Mundy, Babatunde Oyajobi, Gloria Gutierez, Julie Sterling, Susan Padalecki, Florent Elefterious, and Ming Zhao

    17) Skeletal Growth Factors
    Ernesto Canalis

    18) Intercellular Communication during Bone Remodeling
    T. John Martin, Gideon A. Roda

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