1. Syndecan-3: a cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan important for chondrocyte proliferation and function during limb skeletogenesis

   • Maurizio Pacifici
   • Tsuyoshi Shimo
   • Eiki Koyama

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 191 - 199

2. Mutation in cGMP-dependent protein kinase II causes dwarfism in a rat mutant KMI through uncoupling of proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes

   • Hirotaka Chikuda
   • Fumitaka Kugimiya
   • Hiroshi Kawaguchi

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 200 - 204

3. A scanning electron microscopy-based approach to quantify resorption lacunae applied to the trabecular bone of the femoral head

   • Carsten Gentzsch
   • Mirko Junge
   • Edelgard Kaiser

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 205 - 211

4. Effects of estradiol and dihydrotestosterone on osteoblast gene expression in osteopenic ovariectomized rats

   • Rachel A. Davey
   • Howard A. Morris

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 212 - 218

5. Effects of mechanical strain on proliferation and differentiation of bone marrow stromal cell line ST2

   • Mariko Koike
   • Hitoyata Shimokawa
   • Kunimichi Soma

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 219 - 225

6. Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the lipoxygenase ALOX15 5′-flanking region (−5229G/A) with bone mineral density

   • Tomohiko Urano
   • Masataka Shiraki
   • Satoshi Inoue

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 226 - 230

7. The role of fibroblast growth factor 23 for hypophosphatemia and abnormal regulation of vitamin D metabolism in patients with McCune–Albright syndrome

   • Takehisa Yamamoto
   • Yasuo Imanishi
   • Keiichi Ozono

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 231 - 237

8. Early changes in urinary cross-linked N-terminal telopeptides of type I collagen level correlate with 1-year response of lumbar bone mineral density to alendronate in postmenopausal Japanese women with osteoporosis

   • Jun Iwamoto
   • Tsuyoshi Takeda
   • Mitsuyoshi Uzawa

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 238 - 242

9. Salmon calcitonin nasal spray treatment for postmenopausal women after hip fracture with total hip arthroplasty

   • Peter Peichl
   • Robert Marteau
   • Hans Bröll

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 243 - 252

10. Gender differences in bone density at different skeletal sites of acquisition with age in Chinese children and adolescents

    • Xian-Ping Wu
    • Yan-Hong Yang
    • Er-Yuan Liao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 253 - 260

11. The prevalence of Apo E4 genotype and its relationship to bone mineral density in Hong Kong Chinese

    • Samuel Yeung Shan Wong
    • Edith Ming Chu Lau
    • Jean Woo

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 261 - 265

12. Hypophosphatemic osteomalacia: a report of five cases and evaluation of bone markers

    • Inmaculada Ros
    • Luisa Alvarez
    • José Muñoz-Gómez

    CASE REPORT Pages: 266 - 269

13. Expression of Cre recombinase in the mouse developing chondrocytes driven by the mouse α2(XI) collagen promoter

    • Ryoji Fujimaki
    • Katsuhiko Hayashi
    • Nobumichi Hozumi

    SHORT COMMUNICAITON Pages: 270 - 273