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SUBMITTER: Fehrendt H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3950495 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fehrendt Hinrich H Linn Thomas T Hartmann Sonja S Szalay Gabor G Heiss Christian C Schnettler Reinhard R Lips Katrin Susanne KS
International journal of endocrinology 20140220
A correlation between obesity and bone metabolism is strongly assumed because adipocytes and osteoblasts originate from the same precursor cells and their differentiation is conversely regulated by the same factors. It is controversially discussed if obesity protects bone or leads to loss of bone mass. Thus, the aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of diet-induced mild obesity (11% increased body weight compared to control) on bone microstructure in mice. Four-week-old male ...[more]