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SUBMITTER: Xi G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6089876 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Xi Gang G Wai Christine C Rosen Clifford J CJ Clemmons David R DR
Bone research 20180814
Male <i>Igfbp2</i>-<i>/</i>- mice have a significant reduction in bone mass and administration of a peptide that contains the insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2(IGFBP-2) receptor-binding domain stimulates bone formation in these animals. Female <i>Igfbp2</i>-/- mice do not have this phenotype but following ovariectomy (OVX) lose more bone than OVX wild-type mice. This suggests that in the absence of estrogen, IGFBP-2 is required to maintain bone mass. Therefore these studies were under ...[more]