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Connexin 43 hemichannels protect bone loss during estrogen deficiency

Estrogen deficiency in postmenopausal women is a major cause of bone loss, resulting in osteopenia, osteoporosis, and a high risk for bone fracture. Connexin 43 (Cx43) hemichannels (HCs) in osteocytes play an important role in osteocyte viability, bone formation, and remodeling. We showed here that...

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Autores principales: Ma, Liang, Hua, Rui, Tian, Yi, Cheng, Hongyun, Fajardo, Roberto Jose, Pearson, Joseph J., Guda, Teja, Shropshire, Daniel Brian, Gu, Sumin, Jiang, Jean X.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6476886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31016065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41413-019-0050-2