High-dose diosgenin reduces bone loss in ovariectomized rats via attenuation of the RANKL/OPG ratio.

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Published in Int J Mol Sci on September 25, 2014

Authors

Zhiguo Zhang1, Changheng Song2, Xiaowei Fu3, Meijie Liu4, Yan Li5, Jinghua Pan6, Hong Liu7, Shaojun Wang8, Lihua Xiang9, Gary Guishan Xiao10, Dahong Ju11

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Basic Theory, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. zzgtcm@163.com.
2: Institute of Basic Theory, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. sdsg_sch_86@126.com.
3: Clinical Medical College of Chinese and Western Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 712046, China. xiaoweifu@163.com.
4: Institute of Basic Theory, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. meimei64571@sina.com.
5: Institute of Basic Theory, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. lei_ruo@163.com.
6: Institute of Basic Theory, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. jh-p@163.com.
7: Institute of Basic Theory, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. liuhong@163.com.
8: Institute of Basic Theory, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. wangshaojun@163.com.
9: Institute of Basic Theory, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. xlh891201@sina.com.
10: Functional Genomics and Proteomics Laboratory, Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68131, USA. gxiao@creighton.edu.
11: Institute of Basic Theory, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. judahong@sohu.com.

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