R Pacifici
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· 3 papers in corpus
Considerable evidence supports the hypothesis that estrogen prevents bone loss by blocking the bone marrow cell production of pro-osteoclastogenic cytokines. However, controversy remains on the role of candidate factors, such as tumor necro…
To determine whether mononuclear cell secretory products contribute to the changes in bone turnover that characterize the development of postmenopausal osteoporosis, we evaluated the effects of oophorectomy and subsequent estrogen replaceme…
In previous studies, we showed that blood monocyte elaboration of interleukin 1 (IL-1), a known stimulator of bone resorption, was higher in osteoporotic patients with rapid bone turnover than in those with slow turnover and in nonosteoporo…