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Key: | Protein | Mutation | Event | Anatomy | Negation | Speculation | Pain term | Disease term |
In contrast, inhibition of sclerostin also results in significant bone formation at the periosteal surface. | |||||||||||||||
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The molecular mechanisms underlying these anabolic effects are still poorly understood, but appear to include both direct actions on osteoblastic cells as well as indirect effects such as through stimulation of IGF-1 production and downregulation of sclerostin, a physiologic antagonist of the important anabolic Wnt-? | |||||||||||||||
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Preclinical studies with a sclerostin inhibitor appear to be somewhat different from those with hPTH (134). | |||||||||||||||
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In summary, treatments based on inhibition of sclerostin may be a powerful way to restore bone strength of the osteoporotic skeleton in our patients and potentially to provide more efficacious protection from hip fracture than current therapies.
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A deficiency of sclerostin results in increased Wnt signaling and high bone mass. | |||||||||||||||
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