Bone Abstracts

In previous work we identified 63 common variants (MAF>5%) from 56 loci associated with BMD fully comprising non-coding regions of the genome. We hypothesized that genes may harbour both common and rare variants in the protein-coding regions may influence BMD variation. The availability of the ‘exome-chip’ with 235 933 protein-coding variants (non-synonymous, splice sites and stop-altering) provides a feasible way to identify low-frequency variants in exomes....

Non-pharmacologic approaches to preserve or increase BMD include whole body vibration (WBV). A meta-analysis and one-year randomized trial concluded that WBV has no effect on BMD in older women; however, previous trials were relatively brief and did not include a sham control group. Therefore, we conducted the Vibration to Improve Bone in Elderly Subjects (‘VIBES’) trial, a randomized, sham-controlled trial of 10 min of daily WBV (0.3 g at 30 Hz) in seniors recruited...

Introduction: The creatine kinase (CK) is a dimeric enzyme, involved in energetical metabolism. It is present in many tissues, but higher concentration in skeletal and cardiac muscle.Therefore, conditions that involve muscle tissue may increase this serum enzyme. Such enzyme elevation is usually observed in inflammatory myopathies and others autoimmune diseases.Sometimes some elevation in CK is not fully understood out off these co...