Fundamentals of Osteoporosis

Edited By

Robert Marcus, Emeritus, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
David Feldman, Division of Endocrinology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
Dorothy Nelson, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Clifford Rosen, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.A.

Audience

Academic, medical, and pharmaceutical researchers in bone biology, endocrinology, and rheumatology; Medical researchers in pediatrics, internal medicine, orthopedics, primary care, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, and nephrology.

Contents

1) The Bone Organ System: Form and Function
Elise F. Morgan, George L. Barnes, and Thomas A. Einhorn

2) The Nature of Osteoporosis
Robert Marcus and Mary L. Bouxsein

3) Skeletal Heterogeneity and the Purposes of Bone Remodeling
A.M. Parfitt

4) Osteoblast Biology
Jane B. Lian and Gary S. Stein

5) Osteoclast Biology
Harry C. Blair, Scott Simonet, David L. Lacey, and Mone Zaidi

6) Osteocytes
Lynda F. Bonewald

7) The Regulatory Role of Matrix Proteins in Mineralization of Bone
Wei Zhu, Pamela G. Robey, and Adele L. Boskey

8) Development of the Skeleton
Sylvain Provot, Ernestina Schipani, Joy Wu, and Henry Kronenberg

9) Mouse Genetics as a Tool to Study Bone Development and Physiology
Clifford J. Rosen and Wesley G. Beamer

10) Parathyroid Hormone and Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein
Robert A. Nissenson

11) Vitamin D: Biology, Action, and Clinical Implications
David Feldman, Peter J. Malloy, Aruna V. Krishnan, and Eva Balint

12) Regulation of Bone Cell Function by Estrogens
Barry S. Komm, Boris Cheskis, and Peter V.N. Bodine

13) Androgens and Skeletal Biology: Basic Mechanisms
Kristine M. Wiren

14) Phosphatonins
Peter J. Tebben, Theresa J. Berndt, and Rajiv Kumar

15) Wnt Signaling in Bone
Mark L. Johnson and Robert R. Recker

16) Cytokines and Bone Remodeling
Gregory R. Mundy, Babatunde Oyajobi, Gloria Gutierez, Julie Sterling, Susan Padalecki, Florent Elefterious, and Ming Zhao

17) Skeletal Growth Factors
Ernesto Canalis

18) Intercellular Communication during Bone Remodeling
T. John Martin, Gideon A. Roda