Relationship Between Osteoporosis and Serum Sclerostin Levels in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
CONCLUSIONS: Sclerostin levels were low in our osteoporotic patients;therefore, sclerostin may not be a contributing factor to osteoporosis development. Because sclerostin is an osteocyte-derived peptide, its serum levels only reflect total osteocyte number and bone mass.
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Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Basir H, Altunoren O, Erken E, Kilinc M, Sarisik FN, Isiktas S, Gungor O Tags: Exp Clin Transplant Source Type: research