1. Signal transduction and transcriptional regulation during mesenchymal cell differentiation

   • Riko Nishimura
   • Kenji Hata
   • Toshiyuki Yoneda

   Review Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 203 - 212

2. Simvastatin induces estrogen receptor-alpha (ER-α) in murine bone marrow stromal cells

   • Chunli Song
   • Jingying Wang
   • Gengting Dang

   Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 213 - 217

3. Estrogen deficiency and low-calcium diet increased bone loss and urinary calcium excretion but did not alter arterial stiffness in young female rats

   • Jong-Hoon Park
   • Naomi Omi
   • Ikuko Ezawa

   Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 218 - 225

4. Effects of low-repetition jump exercise on osteogenic response in rats

   • Seigo Nagasawa
   • Akiko Honda
   • Yoshihisa Umemura

   Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 226 - 230

5. Microarray analysis of thapsigargin — induced stress to the endoplasmic reticulum of mouse osteoblasts

   • Kazunori Hamamura
   • Yunlong Liu
   • Hiroki Yokota

   Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 231 - 240

6. Dietary fish oil results in a greater bone mass and bone formation indices in aged ovariectomized rats

   • Hiroshi Matsushita
   • Jill A. Barrios
   • Scott C. Miller

   Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 241 - 247

7. The effect of calcium intake and physical activity on bone quantitative ultrasound measurements in children: a pilot study

   • Dario Prais
   • Gary Diamond
   • Dov Inbar

   Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 248 - 253

8. Effect of combined exercise training on bone, body balance, and gait ability: a randomized controlled study in community-dwelling elderly women

   • Hyuntae Park
   • Kang Jung Kim
   • Yoshiteru Mutoh

   Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 254 - 259

9. Response of serum carboxylated and undercarboxylated osteocalcin to alendronate monotherapy and combined therapy with vitamin K₂ in postmenopausal women

   • Makoto Hirao
   • Jun Hashimoto
   • Hideki Yoshikawa

   Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 260 - 264

10. Reference intervals of serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase type 5b activity measured with a novel assay in Japanese subjects

    • Yoshiki Nishizawa
    • Masaaki Inaba
    • Yoshiko Mochizuki

    Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 265 - 270

11. Short-term effects of glucocorticoid therapy on biochemical markers of bone metabolism in Japanese patients: a prospective study

    • Yasuo Kuroki
    • Hiroshi Kaji
    • Toshitsugu Sugimoto

    Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 271 - 278

12. Additive effects of glucosamine or risedronate for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee combined with home exercise: a prospective randomized 18-month trial

    • Takayuki Kawasaki
    • Hisashi Kurosawa
    • Muneaki Ishijima

    Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 279 - 287

13. Physical fitness effect on bone mass is mediated by the independent association between lean mass and bone mass through adolescence: a cross-sectional study

    • Germán Vicente-Rodríguez
    • Alejandro Urzanqui
    • AVENA-Zaragoza Study Group

    Original Article 11 May 2008 Pages: 288 - 294

14. Recurrence of primary hyperparathyroidism following spontaneous remission with intracapsular hemorrhage of a parathyroid adenoma

    • Keisuke Kataoka
    • Manabu Taguchi
    • Yasuhiro Takeuchi

    Case Report 11 May 2008 Pages: 295 - 297

15. Hypocalcemia in a patient with severe hypertension and surgically induced relative hypoparathyroidism

    • Masayuki Tanemoto
    • Akira Uruno
    • Sadayoshi Ito

    Case Report 11 May 2008 Pages: 298 - 300