Skeletal endocrinology: where evolutionary advantage meets disease
Abstract The regulation of whole-body homeostasis by the skeleton is mediated by its capacity to secrete endocrine signaling molecules. Although bone-derived hormones confer several adaptive benefits, their physiological functions also involve trade-offs, thus eventually contributing to disease. In...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Bone Research |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41413-021-00149-x |