Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0003pp297 | Osteoporosis: treatment | ECTS2014

Contribution of circulating sclerostin and estradiol for inadequate response to bisphosphonate therapy in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis

Munoz-Torres M , Diez-Perez A , Olmos J M , Nogues X , Sosa M , Diaz-Curiel M , Perez-Castrillon J L , Perez-Cano R , Torrijos A , Jodar E , Rio L Del , Caeiro-Rey J R , Rubio V Avila , Garcia-Martin A , Reyes-Garcia R , Garcia-Fontana B , Gonzalez-Macias J , Morales-Santana S

Bisphosphonate treatment reduces fracture risk in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. However, some patients have an inadequate response to treatment. Estradiol and sclerostin play an important role in bone metabolism. Sclerostin is an endogenous inhibitor of osteoblastic activity and estrogen deficiency increases osteoclast activity and bone resorption.We examined the influence of both measures on fracture incidence in postmenopausal osteoporosis in...

ba0005p234 | Genetics and Epigenetics | ECTS2016

SNP regulation of miRNA expression and its association with osteoporosis

De-Ugarte Laura , Caro-Molina Enrique , Rodriguez-Sanz Maria , Garcia-Perez M A , Olmos J M , Sosa-Henriquez Manuel , Perez-Cano Ramon , Gomez-Alonso Carlos , Del Rio Luis , Mateo-Agudo Jesus , Navarro-Casado Laura , Gonzalez-Macias Jesus , Del Pino-Montes Javier , Munoz-Torres Manuel , Diaz-Curiel Manuel , Malouf Jorge , Perez-Catrillon J L , Nogues Xavier , Garcia-Giralt Natalia , Diez-Perez Adolfo

Biogenesis and function of microRNAs can be influenced by genetic variants in the pri-miRNA sequences leading to phenotype variability. The aim of this study was to identify osteoporosis-related SNPs by affecting the expression levels of mature microRNAs.The first approach was to perform an association analysis of putative functional SNPs located in pri-miRNA sequences of bone-related microRNAs with the lumbar spine and femoral neck (FN) bone mineral den...

ba0001oc3.5 | Osteoporosis pathophysiology and genetics | ECTS2013

Genome-wide association identifies a new susceptibility locus at 4q35 associated with clinical vertebral fractures in post-menopausal women: the GEFOS-GENOMOS consortium

Alonso N , Estrada K , Herrera L , Kabir D , Olmos J M , Sanudo C , Riancho J A , Oei L , Medina-Gomez M C , Stenkjaer L , Bjerre L , Langdahl B , Brown M A , Duncan E L , Sims M , Kaptoge S , Reeve J , Lewis J , Prince R , Reppe S , Olstad O K , Gautvik K M , Garcia-Giralt N , Nogues X , Mencej-Bedrac S , Marc J , del Pino J , Gonzalez-Sarmiento R , Wolstein O , Eisman J , Feenstra B , Melbye M , Albagha O M E , WTCCC , Davies G , Starr J , Deary I , Quintela I , Fernandez C , Carracedo A , Lucas G , Elosua R , Uitterlinden A G , Rivadeneira F , Ralston S H

Vertebral fractures (VF) defined by morphometric analysis of spine radiographs are the most common complication of osteoporosis. Those that come to medical attention, with symptoms such as back pain and kyphosis are termed clinical vertebral fractures (CVF) and account for significant morbidity and mortality. Although much progress was made in identifying loci for bone mineral density, the genetic determinants of CVF remain unclear. Here we present the initial results from a g...