Haipeng Liu1, Xubin Jiao1, Xiangqing Li1 and Xinru Xu2*
...our weeks after surgery, osteoporotic rat models were copied and randomly divided into a calcitriol group and a model group, with 10 rats in each group. The ovaries of another 10 rats were detached but not removed as a sham-operated group. After 12 weeks of continuous administration in each group of rats, the results showed that calcitriol increased the BMD values, reduced the levels of bone formation indicators ALP, BALP, UcOC and PINP, increased the levels o...
Rabail Hassan Toor1,3, Raazia Tasadduq2, Jane B. Lian3, Janet L. Stein3, Gary S. Stein3 and Abdul Rauf Shakoori1*
...ed treatment options for osteoporotic patients, along with their long-term use safety concerns, our research group focused on investigating efficacious, inexpensive and safe alternative therapies for osteoporosis. Investigating the osteogenic potential of CQ, our research group previously reported osteogenic stimulatory effects of CQ (hexane fraction). The present study explores anti-resorptive effects of CQ-H on bones. We utilized RAW264.7 murine macrophage c...
