title: Absence of correlation between BMP-4 polymorphism and postmenopausal osteoporosis in Italian women.
abstract: Several studies have demonstrated that bone has the power of regeneration and repair. BMPs (bone morphogenetic proteins) are involved in the determination of osteoblast phenotype and bone turnover, therefore genes coding for these proteins, like BMP-4, could be considered potential candidate genes for osteoporosis. We investigated the association of BMP-4 gene polymorphism with osteoporosis in a cohort of 72 osteoporotic, postmenopausal women and 82 unrelated controls. We failed to detect any significant association between this genetic marker and the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biopathology and Diagnosting Imaging, Tor Vergata University of Rome School of Medicine and CSS Mendel Institute, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Semprini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mango
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brancati
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dallapiccola
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Becherini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Novelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Lorenzo
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Brandi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gennari
mesh_terms: D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017698:Postmenopause
chemical_list: C525809:BMP4 protein, human; D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins