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SUBMITTER: Ma C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6156464 | biostudies-other | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ma Chiyuan C Xu Kai K Meng Jiahong J Ran Jisheng J Adel Abdo Moqbel Safwat S Liu An A Yan Shigui S Wu Lidong L
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 20180731 10
Metabolism of bone is regulated by the balance between osteoblast-mediated bone formation and osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. Activation of osteoclasts could lead to osteoporosis. Thus, inhibiting the activity of osteoclasts becomes an available strategy for the treatment of osteoporosis. Tectorigenin is an extract of Belamcanda chinensis In the present study, the anti-osteoclastogenesis effects of tectorigenin were investigated in vitro and in vivo. The results showed preventive and therap ...[more]