Abstract
In late puberty, estrogen decelerates bone growth by stimulating growth plate maturation. In this study, we analyzed the mechanism of estrogen action using two pubertal growth plate specimens of one girl at Tanner stage B2 and Tanner stage B3. Histological analysis showed that progression of puberty coincided with characteristic morphological changes: a decrease in total growth plate height (P=0·002), height of the individual zones (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 245-254 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Endocrinology |
Volume | 209 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2011 |
Keywords
- cyclic AMP responsive element binding protein
- estrogen receptor
- STAT5b protein
- transcription factor RUNX2
- animal cell
- article
- binding site
- bone growth
- bone maturation
- controlled study
- down regulation
- female
- gene expression
- gene mapping
- genetic association
- growth plate
- histology
- human
- male
- microarray analysis
- mouse
- nonhuman
- priority journal
- upregulation