Bone Abstracts

Muscle mass and strength are known to enhance pediatric gains in bone mineral and bone cross-sectional area, providing a rationale for targeting muscle early in life as a means of improving bone health. We have recently found that the cytokine-like hormone leptin, a well-established adipokine, is abundant in skeletal muscle. Leptin levels normalized for total protein are actually higher in mouse skeletal muscle than in mouse adipose tissue, and studies in human subjects have d...

Biographical DetailsDr HamrickDr Hamrick is Regent’s Professor in the Department of Cellular Biology & Anatomy at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University (formerly Georgia Health Sciences University), Augusta, Georgia, USA. He received his PhD in Cellular & Integrative Biology from Northwestern University and completed postdo...