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Japan National Center for Geriatrics & Gerontology
Role of vitamin D clarified in helping to limit bone resorption
February 5th, 2006
Physicians have routinely prescribed vitamin D and vitamin D-related drugs to retard bone loss, but until now little was known about the specific targets of vitamin D in bone. In a study appearing online on January 19, 2006, in advance of print publication in the February 2006 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Kyoji Ikeda and colleagues from the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology in Japan examine mice with severe osteoporosis and show that oral vitamin D treatment inhibits the production of the protein c-Fos. As c-Fos plays a key role in the development of osteoclasts, which are the specialized cells responsible for bone breakdown and...
Source: Women's Health Law Weekly (2006-02-05)
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