In diabetic rats, hPTH alone improved cancellous bone volume compared with baseline controls.
In plain wordsIn rats with diabetes, hPTH alone improved cancellous bone volume compared with baseline controls.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseCancellous bone volume
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Streptozotocin-induced diabetes- Comparator
- Baseline controls
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 4 weeksAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
The decreased cancellous bone volume (BV/TV) and bone formation in diabetic rats improved in all the drug-treated groups compared with baseline controls.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Diabetes was induced by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ) in 7-month-old female Wistar rats. The diabetic rats received insulin, hPTH, insulin and hPTH, or hPTH vehicle for 4 weeks, starting 8 weeks after STZ injection.