An insight into the paradigms of osteoporosis: From genetics to biomechanics
Bone Reports 11 (2019) 100216
Fatme Al Anoutia, Zain ab Tahaa, Sadia Shamim b, Kinda Khalaf c, Leena Al Kaabic, Habiba Alsafar b,c,*
a Zayed University, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
b Khalifa University Center for Biotechnology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab emirates
c Khalifa University of Science & Technology, Biomedical Department, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
This paper does not state the exact strength of the associations
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- Genes that increase the risk of Osteoporosis: Vitamin D Receptor is number one in Asians– April 2022
- Osteoporosis Risk varies with Vitamin D Receptor – three meta-analyses in 2020
- Prevent Osteoporosis and Have Strong Bones - book 2013
- Increased risk of Osteoporosis if poor Vitamin D Receptor (UK males this time) – Sept 2019
- Osteoporosis 3X higher risk of in white men having a poor Vitamin D receptor – Aug 2019
- Osteoporosis is associated with genes such as the Vitamin D Receptor – July 2019
- Osteoporosis 15 percent more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – meta-analysis Dec 2018
- Disc Degeneration in women is 1.7X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis Jan 2017
- Osteoporosis is associated with more than vitamin D genes – Jan 2016
- 2.8X higher risk of osteoporosis if COPD and modified vitamin D receptor genes – Sept 2015
- Osteoporosis 2.8 X more likely if Vitamin D receptor (VDR) genes altered – Aug 2013
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Overview Osteoporosis and vitamin D contains the following summary
- FACT: Bones need Calcium (this has been known for a very long time)
- FACT: Vitamin D improves Calcium bioavailability (3X ?)
- FACT: Should not take > 750 mg of Calcium if taking lots of vitamin D (Calcium becomes too bio-available)
- FACT: Adding vitamin D via Sun, UV, or supplements increased vitamin D in the blood
- FACT: Vitamin D supplements are very low cost
- FACT: Many trials, studies. reviews, and meta-analysis agree: adding vitamin D reduces osteoporosis
- FACT: Toxic level of vitamin D is about 4X higher than the amount needed to reduce osteoporosis
- FACT: Co-factors help build bones.
- FACT: Vitamin D Receptor can restrict Vitamin D from getting to many tissues, such as bones
- It appears that to TREAT Osteoporosis:
- Calcium OR vitamin D is ok
- Calcium + vitamin D is good
- Calcium + vitamin D + other co-factors is great
- Low-cost Vitamin D Receptor activators sometimes may be helpful
- CONCLUSION: To PREVENT many diseases, including Osteoporosis, as well as TREAT Osteoporosis
- Category Osteoporosis has
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314 items Note: Osteoporosis causes bones to become fragile and prone to fracture
Osteoarthritis is a disease where damage occurs to the joints at the end of the bonesDownload the PDF from VitaminDWiki
Considered as one of the major epidemics of the 21st century, osteoporosis affects approximately 200 million people globally, with significant worldwide impact on rates of morbidity and mortality and massive socioeconomic burdens. Mainly characterized by decreased bone mineral density (BMD) and increased risk of bone fragility/deterioration, this devastating silent epidemic typically has no symptoms until a fracture occurs. The multifactorial disease, osteoporosis is instigated by complex interactions between genetic, metabolic and environmental factors, with severe impact on the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system. This article provides a review of the epidemiology, genetic and biomechanical aspects of primary osteoporosis. The review begins with a summary of the epidemiology and global prevalence of osteoporosis. Sections 1 and 2 discuss the genetic associations and molecular signaling pathways involved in normal and pathological osteogenesis while Section 3 explores the biomechanics of osteoporosis and its quantitative damaging effects on critical bone mechanical properties, and associated bone remodeling. Overall, this review summarizes the recent findings about osteoporosis and emphasizes the importance of an integrative holistic approach in investigating osteoporosis towards providing better informed, more effective preventive and treatment modalities. Importantly, this work also explores the limited available literature on the various aspects of osteoporosis in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and Middle East despite its alarming prevalence in the region, and highlights the need for further research and studies taking into consideration the importance of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene influencing the development of osteoporosis.
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“Research studies reveal that the susceptibility to osteoporosis has a strong genetic contribution, with genes estimated to account for about 25% of the variance in terms of susceptibility to osteoporotic fractures, 25%–54% for fractures of the wrist, and up to 48% for fractures of the hip (Raisz, 1999).”Osteoporosis is associated with genes such as the Vitamin D Receptor – July 2019Printer Friendly Follow this page for updates3296 visitors, last modified 24 Aug, 2019, This page is in the following categories (# of items in each category) - Category Bone Health has