Decoding the diabetic bone paradox: How AGEs sabotage skeletal integrity
Juan Wang, Wenguo Cui
Abstract
Diabetes patients often suffer from fractures despite normal or high bone mineral density, a phenomenon known as the diabetic bone paradox. Gao et al. 1 identify AGEs as disrupting bone quality and compromising skeletal integrity in diabetic bone disease. Diabetes patients often suffer from fractures despite normal or high bone mineral density, a phenomenon known as the diabetic bone paradox. Gao et al. identify AGEs as disrupting bone quality and compromising skeletal integrity in diabetic bone disease.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineDecoding methodsDiabetes mellitusInternal medicineComputer securityComputer scienceEndocrinologyTelecommunicationsBone health and osteoporosis researchConnective tissue disorders researchVitamin D Research Studies