In ovariectomized rats, PTH improved the reported composite of bone mass, histomorphometry, biomechanics, and formation indices versus controls.
In plain wordsIn rats, PTH improved reported bone measures compared with controls.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseSkeletal anabolic response
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Adult ovariectomized rats- Comparator
- Vehicle-treated OVX and sham OVX controls
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 40 micrograms/kg per day · 6 monthsAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Bone mass, as assessed by ash weight and densitometry, bone histomorphometry, biomechanical properties at trabecular and cortical sites, and indices of bone formation markedly increased in all three PTH/PTHrP peptide-treated groups as compared with controls.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
A 6-month study was performed in which adult (6-month-old) vehicle-treated ovariectomized (OVX) and sham OVX rats were compared with OVX rats receiving 40 micrograms/kg per day of either PTH(1-34), PTHrP(1-36), or PTH-SDZ-893.