Fundamentals of Osteoporosis (Hardcover)

Key Features

뷥resents a concise yet comprehensive source of all the latest basic research related to osteoporosis in one reference
work

뷙xperts from all areas of osteoporosis research expose readers to genomic and proteomic analysis, histopathology and
imaging, as well cellular and molecular mechanisms relevant to assay development and drug discovery

뷖lear, concise presentations by bone biologists of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying osteoporosis



Readership

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.


Fundamentals of Osteoporosis



Table of 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