In old female sheep, PTH(1-34) significantly increased urinary pyridinoline.
In plain wordsIn sheep, PTH increased urinary pyridinoline, a bone breakdown marker.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseUrinary pyridinoline
- Study
sheepn: not reported in source
Old female sheep- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 500 IU/d · 3 monthsAs given in this study (sheep).
Source sentences
As expected, PTH (1-34) induced a significant increase of urinary pyridinoline and hydroxyproline (reflecting bone resorption), and of serum osteocalcin and alkaline phosphatase (reflecting bone formation), that were consistent with an increase of resorption and tetracycline-based formation of bone…
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
we analyzed the effects of PTH (1-34) (500 IU/d) with or without the bisphosphonate tiludronate (1 mg/kg per day) for 3 months on biochemical and histological indices of bone turnover in old female sheep, an animal model which has a slow bone remodeling activity that resembles the one of elderly women.