• Cell metabolism · Sep 2014

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    Removing the bone brake.

    • Georg Schett and Aline Bozec.
    • Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute of Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany. Electronic address: georg.schett@uk-erlangen.de.
    • Cell Metab. 2014 Sep 2;20(3):394-5.

    AbstractOsteoporosis results from an imbalance between bone resorption and bone formation. While bone resorption inhibitors are widely used to treat osteoporosis, stimulating bone formation is more challenging. Recently, McClung et al. (2014) found that neutralization of sclerostin, a potent inhibitor of bone formation, effectively increased bone mass in postmenopausal women.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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