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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2015

Serum Sema4D levels are associated with lumbar spine bone mineral density and bone turnover markers in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Yiyuan Zhang, Eryou Feng, Yang Xu, Wulian Wang, Tao Zhang, Lili Xiao, Rong Chen, Yu Lin, Dongdong Chen, Liqiong Lin and 2 more

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yiyuan ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Eryou FengDepartment of Orthopedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Yang XuDepartment of Orthopedics, Fujian Provincial Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Wulian WangDepartment of Orthopedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Tao ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Lili XiaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Rong ChenDepartment of Orthopedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Yu LinDepartment of Orthopedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Dongdong ChenDepartment of Orthopedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Liqiong LinDepartment of Orthopedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Kangyao ChenDepartment of Orthopedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Yanbin LinDepartment of Orthopedics, Fuzhou Second Hospital Fuzhou, P. R. China.
Fuzhou Second Hospital · CNFujian Provincial Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate the association of serum semaphorin 4D (Sema4D) levels with lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) and bone turnover markers in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PO). Lumbar spine BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in 257 PO patients (aged from 50 to 75) and 90 healthy controls (aged from 51 to 83). Serum Sema4D, BAP, BGP and TRACP-5b levels were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Serum cross linked N-telopeptides of type I (NTX), 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and N-mid fragment of osteocalcin (N-MID-OT) levels were measured using automated electrochemiluminescence system. Sema4D level was significantly higher in PO women compared to healthy controls (1.40±0.33 vs. 0.58±0.18 μg/L, P=0.006). Sema4D level was positively correlated with serumTRACP-5b and NTX levels and negatively correlated with lumbar spine BMD and serum BAP and BGP levels. There were no correlations between Sema4D level and age, body mass index, and serum 25(OH)D and N-MID-OT levels. Lumbar spine BMD (β=-0.354, P<0.001) and serum BAP level (β=0.127, P=0.019) were independent predictors of serum Sema4D level in PO patients. Sema4D may be involved in the pathogenesis of PO and play a critical role in bone formation and resorption. Sema4D may represent a novel therapeutic target for treatment of PO and function as a predictive indicator of PO.

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bone mineral densitybone turnover markerspostmenopausal osteoporosisSema4D

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PMID26629156
PMCPMC4659044
OpenAlexW2184391521

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