title: Inflammatory bone loss: pathogenesis and therapeutic intervention.
abstract: Bone is a tissue undergoing continuous building and degradation. This remodelling is a tightly regulated process that can be disturbed by many factors, particularly hormonal changes. Chronic inflammation can also perturb bone metabolism and promote increased bone loss. Inflammatory diseases can arise all over the body, including in the musculoskeletal system (for example, rheumatoid arthritis), the intestine (for example, inflammatory bowel disease), the oral cavity (for example, periodontitis) and the lung (for example, cystic fibrosis). Wherever inflammatory diseases occur, systemic effects on bone will ensue, as well as increased fracture risk. Here, we discuss the cellular and signalling pathways underlying, and strategies for therapeutically interfering with, the inflammatory loss of bone.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. kurt.redlich@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Redlich
authors.forename: Josef S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Smolen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D016723:Bone Remodeling / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*