In mice with scaffold-reconstructed femoral defects, teriparatide significantly increased bone volume at 6 weeks versus controls.
In plain wordsIn mice, teriparatide increased bone volume at 6 weeks versus controls.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseBone volume at six weeks
- Study
C57Bl/6 micen: not reported in source
Scaffold-reconstructed femoral defects- Comparator
- Saline-treated controls
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 40 μg/kg daily · subcutaneousAs given in this study (C57Bl/6 mice).
Source sentences
Teriparatide treatment increased bone volume and bone mineral content significantly at 6 weeks
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Experimental mice were treated starting at 1 week postop with daily subcutaneous injections of 40 μg/kg teriparatide until sacrifice at 9 weeks, whereas control mice underwent the same procedure but were injected with sterile saline.