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SUBMITTER: Jansen IDC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7918824 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jansen Ineke D C IDC Papapoulos Socrates E SE Bravenboer Nathalie N de Vries Teun J TJ Appelman-Dijkstra Natasha M NM
International journal of molecular sciences 20210211 4
Pycnodysostosis, a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia, is caused by a deficiency of cathepsin K. Patients have impaired bone resorption in the presence of normal or increased numbers of multinucleated, but dysfunctional, osteoclasts. Cathepsin K degrades collagen type I and generates N-telopeptide (NTX) and the C-telopeptide (CTX) that can be quantified. Levels of these telopeptides are increased in lactating women and are associated with increased bone resorption. Nothing is known abou ...[more]