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  • Title: Effects of anti-osteoporosis drugs against dexamethasone-induced osteoporosis-like phenotype using a zebrafish scale-regeneration model.
    Author: Saito Y, Nakamura S, Chinen N, Shimazawa M, Hara H.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Sci; 2020 Jun; 143(2):117-121. PubMed ID: 32220570.
    Abstract:
    There are several animal models of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIOP), but each requires a long time to evaluate drug effects. Zebrafish scales are classified as dermal bone and potentially represent a convenient animal model of GIOP because they rapidly regenerate following their removal. We clarified that dexamethasone-treated regenerating scales showed malformations, decreased size and circularity. Anti-osteoporosis drugs rescued the scale malformation phenotype eight-days following the removal of scales. Hence, the dexamethasone-induced regenerating scale malformation model may be a useful animal model for discovering drugs to treat GIOP.
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