In adolescent rats, abaloparatide increased condylar process length versus saline by 1.34 ± 0.59 mm at 6 weeks.
In plain wordsIn rats, abaloparatide increased jaw condyle length more than saline.
- Peptide
- Abaloparatide (Tymlos)
- Outcome
- IncreaseMandibular condylar process length
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Adolescent male Sprague-Dawley rats- Comparator
- Normal saline
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intra-articular injection into the temporomandibular joint · 6 weeksAs given in this study (rat).
Measurements
- Length increase
- 1.34 mm
- 6 weeks
Source sentences
In vivo, compared with the control, the ABL group significantly increased the mandibular condylar process length (by 1.34 ± 0.59 mm at 6 weeks), the thickness of the cartilage layer, and enhanced the matrix synthesis.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Thirty adolescent male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into two groups, which received the injection of ABL or normal saline (the control) every 3 days in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) cavity.