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DOID:0060343 - glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
Disease Ontology Definition:An osteoporosis caused by chronic glucocorticoid use. Glucocorticoids impair the replication, differentiation and function of osteoblasts and induce the apoptosis of mature osteoblasts and osteocytes; the also favor osteoclastogenesis leading to an increase in bone resorption.
Synonyms: steroid-induced osteoporosis,
Xenbase Genes
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| MONDO:0000757 - glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis |
Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD
Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s):
osteoporosis (is_a)