GPRC6A Null Mice Exhibit Osteopenia, Feminization and Metabolic Syndrome

Min Pi; Ling Chen; Min-Zhao Huang; Wenyu Zhu; Brian Ringhofer; Junming Luo; Lane Christenson; Benyi Li; Jianghong Zhang; P. David Jackson; Pieter Faber; Kurt R. Brunden; John J. Harrington; L. Darryl Quarles

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003858

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GPRC6A Null Mice Exhibit Osteopenia, Feminization and Metabolic Syndrome

Min Pi,

Affiliation The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Ling Chen,

Affiliation The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Min-Zhao Huang,

Affiliation The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Wenyu Zhu,

Affiliation The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Brian Ringhofer,

Affiliation The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Junming Luo,

Affiliation The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Lane Christenson,

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Benyi Li,

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Jianghong Zhang,

Affiliation Center for Bone Biology, Clinical Pharmacology, Division/Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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P. David Jackson,

Affiliation Athersys, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Pieter Faber,

Affiliation Athersys, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Kurt R. Brunden,

Affiliation Athersys, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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John J. Harrington,

Affiliation Athersys, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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L. Darryl Quarles

* E-mail: dquarles@kumc.edu

Affiliation The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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GPRC6A Null Mice Exhibit Osteopenia, Feminization and Metabolic Syndrome

Min Pi,
Ling Chen,
Min-Zhao Huang,
Wenyu Zhu,
Brian Ringhofer,
Junming Luo,
Lane Christenson,
Benyi Li,
Jianghong Zhang,
P. David Jackson

Published: December 3, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003858

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