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Chromogranin A: its role in endocrine function and as an endocrine and neuroendocrine tumor marker by Deftos, L J

“…CgA is a 49 kilodalton protein that is present in the secretory granules of most endocrine and many neuroendocrine cells. Detection of CgA in cells by…”
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Treatment of Paget's Disease — Taming the Wild Osteoclast by Deftos, L.J

“…Dr. L.J. Deftos writes that in Paget's disease, as in many other skeletal disorders, the osteoclast is the cellular villain; it literally chews up the…”
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Monitoring of skeletal progression of prostate cancer by GFP imaging, X-ray, and serum OPG and PTHrP by Burton, D.W., Geller, J., Yang, M., Jiang, P., Barken, I., Hastings, R.H., Hoffman, R.M., Deftos, L.J.

“…Background Prostate cancers (PCas) produce factors that can serve as biomarkers for tumor metastasis and bone progression. Transduced GFP expression by cancer…”
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Chondrocyte calcium-sensing receptor expression is up-regulated in early guinea pig knee osteoarthritis and modulates PTHrP, MMP-13, and TIMP-3 expression by Burton, D.W., Foster, M., Johnson, K.A., Hiramoto, M., Deftos, L.J., Terkeltaub, R.

“…Growth plate chondrocytes up-regulate calcium-sensing receptor (CaR) expression as they mature to hypertrophy. In cells other than chondrocytes, extracellular…”
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The effect of electroporation on iontophoretic transdermal delivery of calcium regulating hormones by Chang, Shu-Lun, Hofmann, Günter A, Zhang, Lei, Deftos, Leonard J, Banga, Ajay K

“…Electrically-assisted delivery by iontophoresis and/or electroporation was used in vitro to deliver the calcium regulating hormones, salmon calcitonin (sCT)…”
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Quantitative computed tomography in the evaluation of spinal osteoporosis following spinal cord injury by LIU, C. C, THEODOROU, D. J, THEODOROU, S. J, ANDRE, M. P, SARTORIS, D. J, SZOLLAR, S. M, MARTIN, E. M, DEFTOS, L. J

“…Disuse osteoporosis occurs in the lower extremities of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). However, spinal osteoporosis is not usually observed in these…”
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Parathyroid hormone-related protein induces interleukin 8 production by prostate cancer cells via a novel intracrine mechanism not mediated by its classical nuclear localization sequence by GUJRAL, Aneeta, BURTON, Douglas W, TERKELTAUB, Robert, DEFTOS, Leonard J

“…PTHrP (parathyroid hormone-related protein) overexpression by prostate carcinoma cells has been implicated in tumor progression. Although the biological…”
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Should Serum Calcitonin Be Routinely Measured in Patients with Thyroid Nodules—Will the Law Answer before Endocrinologists Do? by Deftos, L. J.

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Parathyroid hormone-like protein is a secretory product of atrial myocytes by DEFTOS, L. J, BURTON, D. W, BRANDT, D. W

“…Parathyroid hormone-like protein (PLP) was originally identified from tumors associated with hypercalcemia. Recently, it has been found to be expressed in a…”
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Bone mineral density and indexes of bone metabolism in spinal cord injury by SZOLLAR, S. M, MARTIN, E. M. E, SARTORIS, D. J, PARTHEMORE, J. G, DEFTOS, L. J

“…We evaluated the pattern of osteoporosis after spinal cord injury, determined the time-frame of the changes, and elucidated the relationship among parathyroid…”
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High-efficiency non-viral transfection of primary chondrocytes and perichondrial cells for ex-vivo gene therapy to repair articular cartilage defects by Goomer, R.S., Deftos, L.J., Terkeltaub, R., Maris, T., Lee, M.C., Harwood, F.L., Amiel, D.

“…Background Primary perichondrial cells and chondrocytes have been used to repair articular cartilage defects in tissue engineering studies involving various…”
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The short-term effects of conjugated estrogen on bone turnover in older women by Prestwood, K M, Pilbeam, C C, Burleson, J A, Woodiel, F N, Delmas, P D, Deftos, L J, Raisz, L G

“…Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) prevents bone loss and fracture in early postmenopausal women, but its benefit for women over 70 yr of age has not been…”
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Parathyroid hormone-related protein in the cardiovascular system by Burton, D W, Brandt, D W, Deftos, L J

“…PTH-related protein (PTHrP) is expressed in a stretch-responsive manner in several types of smooth muscle. We previously demonstrated the production of PTHrP…”
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Transdermal iontophoretic delivery of salmon calcitonin by Chang, Shu-Lun, Hofmann, Günter A, Zhang, Lei, Deftos, Leonard J, Banga, Ajay K

“…Electrically enhanced transdermal delivery of salmon calcitonin could be useful for chronic treatment of post-menopausal osteoporosis and other clinical…”
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1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptors in human leukocytes by Provvedini, D.M, Tsoukas, C.D, Deftos, L.J, Manolagas, S.C

“…A 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor macromolecule was detected in peripheral mononuclear leukocytes from normal humans. This macromolecule was found to be…”
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Demineralization in tetraplegic and paraplegic man over time by SZOLLAR, S. M, MARTIN, E. M. E, PARTHEMORE, J. G, SARTORIS, D. J, DEFTOS, L. J

“…The aim of the present study was to compare bone mineral density (BMD in g/cm2) in the lumbar spine and three hip regions of male spinal cord injured subjects…”
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Densitometric patterns of spinal cord injury associated bone loss by SZOLLAR, S. M, MARTIN, E. M. E, PARTHEMORE, J. G, SARTORIS, D. J, DEFTOS, L. J

“…The purpose of the study was to use dual energy X-ray absorptiometry to measure bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine, the femoral neck, Ward's…”
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Parathyroid hormone-related protein: a potential autocrine growth regulator in human prostate cancer cell lines by Iwamura, M, Abrahamsson, P A, Foss, K A, Wu, G, Cockett, A T, Deftos, L J

“…We recently demonstrated that parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) is widely expressed by human prostate cancer tissue, suggesting that PTHrP might be…”
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Prostate carcinoma : Production of bioactive factors by DEFTOS, L. J

“…Many molecular mechanisms regulate prostate carcinoma pathogenesis, proliferation, and progression to bone metastases. The basic molecular mechanisms are…”
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Immunoassay and immunohistology studies of chromogranin A as a neuroendocrine marker in patients with carcinoma of the prostate by Deftos, Leonard J., Nakada, Stephen, Burton, Douglas W., Di Sant'agnese, P.Anthony, Cockett, Abraham T.K., Abrahamsson, Per-Anders

“…Objectives. Neuroendocrine differentiation in carcinoma of the prostate is characterized by the expression of neuroendocrine cell products such as chromogranin…”
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