Genotyping Predicts Osteoporosis Risk after Lung Transplantation

Lung transplant recipients have the highest rates of osteoporosis and fragility fractures of any solid organ transplant population. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes important for bone metabolism have been identified. We hypothesized that risk alleles in these genes would be associated with decreased bone mineral density (BMD) following lung transplantation.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: J. Lazo, J. Viduya, K. Dewey, R. Florez, J. Singer, J. Golden, S.R. Hays, J. Kukreja, J. Greenland, D.R. Calabrese Tags: (460) Source Type: research