In ovariectomized rats, PTH restored bone mass to sham control levels.
In plain wordsIn ovariectomized rats, PTH restored bone mass to levels in sham-operated controls.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseBone mass restoration
- Study
Ratn: not reported in source
Ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley rats- Comparator
- Sham controls
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 30 micrograms/kg three times a week · subcutaneous · 8 weeksAs given in this study (Rat).
Source sentences
The results of microstructural assessment in proximal tibial metaphysis and bone mineral density in distal and proximal femur demonstrated that PTH treatment for 8 weeks restored bone mass to the sham control level.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Eighty-eight 11-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into sham operation and OVX groups.
The OVX rats were treated for 8 weeks with the subcutaneous intermittent injection of 30 micrograms/kg of hPTH(1-34) three times a week beginning 4 weeks after surgery, then PTH treatment was withdrawn and YM175 (10 micrograms/kg) was injected subcutaneously three times a week for 4 weeks.
YM175 treatment was withdrawn for the last 8 weeks of the protocol.