Metabolic Bone Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2024 | Viewed by 321
Special Issue Editors
2. Unit of Endocrinology, ASST Ospedale Niguarda, 20162 Milan, Italy
Interests: adrenal diseases; parathyroid diseases; osteoporosis; metabolic bone diseases; endocrine hypertension
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Interests: primary and secondary osteoporosis; endocrinopathies; hormone therapy; metabolic bone diseases; calcium-phosphorus metabolism disorders; rare skeletal diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metabolic bone diseases encompass a wide range of clinical conditions that are both common, such as osteoporosis, primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism; and rare, such as oncogenic osteomalacia, osteogenesis imperfecta, hypophosphatasia and other genetic skeletal disorders.
This Special Issue aims to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of metabolic bone diseases. Indeed, the identification of novel signaling pathways could unmask new drug targets which, in turn, could increase our therapeutic strategies. Moreover, the discovery of new mechanisms could help to predict the response to treatments and thus to personalize the clinical management of patients with metabolic bone disorders in the context of tailored medicine.
Therefore, this Special Issue will welcome the submission of both original articles, based on basic or translational research, and review papers, targeting the scientific innovations in the field of metabolic bone diseases.
Dr. Iacopo Chiodini
Dr. Elisa Cairoli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bone metabolism
- osteoclasts
- osteoblasts
- osteocytes
- drug targets
- signaling pathways
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Alterations in phosphate metabolism in patients with Klinefelter’s syndrome
Author: Indirli
Highlights: - Subjects with Klinefelter syndrome display persistent/recurrent hypophosphatemia in a proportion as high as 1 in 10.
- An increased phosphate urinary loss may be responsible for this finding.
- Hypophosphatemia is not associated with skeletal fragility, which is frequently observed in Klinefelter syndrome.
