Feeding Blueberry Diets to Young Rats Dose-Dependently Inhibits Bone Resorption through Suppression of RANKL in Stromal Cells

Jian Zhang; Oxana P. Lazarenko; Jie Kang; Michael L. Blackburn; Martin J. J. Ronis; Thomas M. Badger; Jin-Ran Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070438

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Feeding Blueberry Diets to Young Rats Dose-Dependently Inhibits Bone Resorption through Suppression of RANKL in Stromal Cells

Jian Zhang,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
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Oxana P. Lazarenko,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
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Jie Kang,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
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Michael L. Blackburn,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
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Martin J. J. Ronis,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
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Thomas M. Badger,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
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Jin-Ran Chen

* E-mail: chenjinran@uams.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
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Feeding Blueberry Diets to Young Rats Dose-Dependently Inhibits Bone Resorption through Suppression of RANKL in Stromal Cells

Jian Zhang,
Oxana P. Lazarenko,
Jie Kang,
Michael L. Blackburn,
Martin J. J. Ronis,
Thomas M. Badger,
Jin-Ran Chen

Published: August 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070438

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