MiR-133a in human circulating monocytes: a potential biomarker associated with postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis mainly occurs in postmenopausal women, which is characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD) due to unbalanced bone resorption by osteoclasts and formation by osteoblasts. Circulating monocytes play important roles in osteoclastogenesis by acting as osteoclast precursors and secretin...

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Main Authors: Yang Wang, Ling Li, Benjamin T Moore, Xian-Hao Peng, Xiang Fang, Joan M Lappe, Robert R Recker, Peng Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3323546?pdf=render