Thyrocalcitonin: inhibitor of bone resorption in tissue culture.
A partially purified protein from thyroid glands of rats inhibits release of calcium from long bones of embryo rats in tissue culture. Inhibition was more easily detected when resorption of bone was stimulated by parathyroid hormone.
D000818:Animals; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000187:drug effects*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000196:embryology; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002127:Calcium Isotopes; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003470:Culture Media; D046508:Culture Techniques; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats
D002127:Calcium Isotopes; D003470:Culture Media; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D002116:Calcitonin; D002118:Calcium