In orchiectomized rats, PTH induced 155% recovery of trabecular bone loss.
In plain wordsIn orchiectomized rats, PTH restored lost trabecular bone volume beyond the original level compared with vehicle.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseTrabecular bone volume density recovery
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Orchiectomized adult rats- Comparator
- Orchiectomized vehicle-treated rats
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 80 microg/kg/day · 6 weeksAs given in this study (rat).
Measurements
- Bone loss recovery
- 155%
- PTH
Source sentences
PTH(1-34) induced supraphysiologic recovery of this bone loss (155% recovery) consequent to a vast increase in trabecular thickness (174% over sham-ORX controls) and a partial reversal (62%) of the decrease in trabecular number.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Bilateral orchiectomy (ORX) or sham-ORX was performed in 13-week old rats.
Five weeks later, the ORX rats were treated intermittently with human PTH(1-34), 80 microg/kg/day or vehicle for 6 weeks.