Improvement of skeletal fragility by teriparatide in adult osteoporosis patients: a novel mechanostat-based hypothesis for bone quality

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2015 Jan 30:6:6. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2015.00006. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Toshihiro Sugiyama¹, Tetsuya Torio¹, Tsuyoshi Sato², Masahito Matsumoto³, Yoon Taek Kim¹, Hiromi Oda¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saitama Medical University , Saitama , Japan.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saitama Medical University , Saitama , Japan.
³ Division of Functional Genomics and Systems Medicine, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University , Saitama , Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: bone; bone quality; mechanical strain; mechanostat; parathyroid hormone.

Publication types

Review