Androgen receptor disruption increases the osteogenic response to mechanical loading in male mice

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Androgen receptor disruption increases the osteogenic response to mechanical loading in male mice

Filip Callewaert¹,
Astrid Bakker²,
Jan Schrooten³,
Bart Van Meerbeek⁴,
Guido Verhoeven¹,
Steven Boonen¹,
Dirk Vanderschueren^1,*

Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.091001

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 1, pages 124–131, January 2010

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Callewaert, F., Bakker, A., Schrooten, J., Meerbeek, B. V., Verhoeven, G., Boonen, S. and Vanderschueren, D. (2010), Androgen receptor disruption increases the osteogenic response to mechanical loading in male mice. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 25: 124–131. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.091001

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Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
²
Department of Oral Cell Biology, ACTA–University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Research Institute MOVE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
³
Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
⁴
Leuven BIOMAT Research Cluster, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Email: Dirk Vanderschueren (Dirk.Vanderschueren@uz.kuleuven.be)

^*Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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Issue published online: 20 JAN 2010
Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009
Manuscript Accepted: 9 OCT 2009
Manuscript Revised: 1 OCT 2009
Manuscript Received: 3 AUG 2009

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