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ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2012

Induction of osteoporosis with its influence on osteoporotic determinants and their interrelationships in rats by DEXA.

Christian Heiss, Parameswari Govindarajan, Gudrun Schlewitz, Nasr Y A Hemdan, Nathalie Schliefke, Volker Alt, Ulrich Thormann, Katrin Susanne Lips, Sabine Wenisch, Alexander C Langheinrich and 2 more

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Article in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christian HeissLaboratory of Experimental Trauma Surgery, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. christian.heiss@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de
Parameswari Govindarajan
Gudrun Schlewitz
Nasr Y A Hemdan
Nathalie Schliefke
Volker Alt
Ulrich Thormann
Katrin Susanne Lips
Sabine Wenisch
Alexander C Langheinrich
Daniel Zahner
Reinhard Schnettler
University of Giessen · DEUniversitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs women are the population most affected by multifactorial osteoporosis, research is focused on unraveling the underlying mechanism of osteoporosis induction in rats by combining ovariectomy (OVX) either with calcium, phosphorus, vitamin C and vitamin D2/D3 deficiency, or by administration of glucocorticoid (dexamethasone). MATERIAL/

methodsDifferent skeletal sites of sham, OVX-Diet and OVX-Steroid rats were analyzed by Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) at varied time points of 0, 4 and 12 weeks to determine and compare the osteoporotic factors such as bone mineral density (BMD), bone mineral content (BMC), area, body weight and percent fat among different groups and time points. Comparative analysis and interrelationships among osteoporotic determinants by regression analysis were also determined.

resultsT scores were below-2.5 in OVX-Diet rats at 4 and 12 weeks post-OVX. OVX-diet rats revealed pronounced osteoporotic status with reduced BMD and BMC than the steroid counterparts, with the spine and pelvis as the most affected skeletal sites. Increase in percent fat was observed irrespective of the osteoporosis inducers applied. Comparative analysis and interrelationships between osteoporotic determinants that are rarely studied in animals indicate the necessity to analyze BMC and area along with BMD in obtaining meaningful information leading to proper prediction of probability of osteoporotic fractures.

conclusionsEnhanced osteoporotic effect observed in OVX-Diet rats indicates that estrogen dysregulation combined with diet treatment induces and enhances osteoporosis with time when compared to the steroid group. Comparative and regression analysis indicates the need to determine BMC along with BMD and area in osteoporotic determination.

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Absorptiometry, PhotonAdiposityAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsBody WeightBone and BonesBone DensityFemaleOsteoporosisRatsRats, Sprague-Dawley

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PMID22648240
PMCPMC3560729
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