Bone Abstracts

Osteoporosis is a metabolic disorder of the bones that shows increased incidence in post-menopausal women where estrogen deficiency plays a significant role in its development. Estrogen also decreases endoplasmic reticulum stress by decreasing the expression of ER stress markers.Using a combination of subtractive cDNA libraries and microarray analysis, a panel of estrogen dependent mRNAs/proteins was identified, including transcription factor, XBP1/1S; p...