OPG and RANKL Are Regulated by Systemic Hormones, Growth Factors, and Cytokines Cite this: Osteoprotegerin and its Ligand: A New Paradigm for Regulation of Osteoclastogenesis and Bone Resorption ...

Innsbruck, Austria - A key regulator of bone density, osteoprotegerin (OPG), is an independent risk factor for progressive atherosclerosis and incident CVD, a new study shows. Those with the ...

A protein — RANK ligand, or RANK-L — stimulates osteoclasts to break down bone tissue. Osteoblasts produce the protein osteoprotegerin (OPG), which inactivates RANK-L. In this way, osteoblasts ...

Creating new bone tissue generation technique Date: April 10, 2014 Source: University of Texas at Arlington Summary: Researchers are investigating whether bone grown from the body's own stem cells ...

Despite this, there has been no solution thus far to this epidemic among men. However, researchers in the Bone Laboratory in the Institute of Dental Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...

UT Arlington and Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital are investigating whether bone grown from the body's own stem cells can replace traditional types of bone grafting. The process ...

Scientists have shown that high-fat diets can cause rapid changes in the bone marrow of mice, driving the production of inflammatory immune cells, according to new findings. The results may help ...