Impact of hyperglycemia and treatment with metformin on ligature-induced bone loss, bone repair and expression of bone metabolism transcription factors.

This study evaluated the influence of type 2 diabetes mellitus on bone loss, bone repair and cytokine production in hyperglycemic rats, treated or not with metformin. The animals were distributed as follow: Non-Hyperglycemic (NH), Non Hyperglycemic with Ligature (NH-L), Treated Non Hyperglycemic (TN...

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Main Authors: Fernando Souza Malta, Roberto Puertas Garcia, Josuel Siqueira Azarias, Geysica Kauane Dos Reis Ribeiro, Tamires Szemereske Miranda, Jamil Awad Shibli, Marta Ferreira Bastos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237660