Alcohol, osteoporosis, and bone regulating hormones.
The mechanism of the production of ethanol-associated osteopenia seems to be a direct effect of alcohol on bone cells and an indirect or modulating effect through mineral regulating hormones such as vitamin D metabolites, parathyroid hormone, and calcitonin. The modulating effects of these hormones on bone and mineral metabolism in acute and chronic alcohol consumption is discussed herein.
Sampson
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Department of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, Texas A & M University, Health Science Center, College Station 77843-1114, USA.
D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D016723:Bone Remodeling / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000502:physiology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000502:physiology*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000502:physiology*
D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D014807:Vitamin D; D000431:Ethanol; D002116:Calcitonin