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SUBMITTER: Sheng X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5432005 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sheng Xiaoyong X Cai Guangyong G Gong Xingjun X Yao Zouying Z Zhu Ye Y
Scientific reports 20170511 1
Although many common variants have been identified for bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoporosis fractures, all the identified risk variants could only explain a small portion of heritability of BMD and osteoporosis fractures. OPG belongs to the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, which plays a crucial role in bone remodeling and is thus a promising candidate gene of osteoporosis. Several studies have explored the association of OPG variants with BMD or osteoporosis fractures, however, ...[more]