Clinical and basic research papers – February 2006 selections

Landing MA Jarjou, Ann Prentice, Yankuba Sawo, M Ann Laskey, Janet Bennett, Gail R Goldberg, Tim J Cole, Randomized, placebo-controlled, calcium supplementation study in pregnant Gambian women: effects on breast-milk calcium concentrations and infant birth weight, growth, and bone mineral accretion in the first year of life. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. ,vol. 83, pp. 657- 666 ,(2006) , 10.1093/AJCN.83.3.657

S.C. Schiavi, Fibroblast growth factor 23: the making of a hormone. Kidney International. ,vol. 69, pp. 425- 427 ,(2006) , 10.1038/SJ.KI.5000168

Michael P. Whyte, The long and the short of bone therapy. The New England Journal of Medicine. ,vol. 354, pp. 860- 863 ,(2006) , 10.1056/NEJME068003

Philipp F. Lange, Lena Wartosch, Thomas J. Jentsch, Jens C. Fuhrmann, ClC-7 requires Ostm1 as a β-subunit to support bone resorption and lysosomal function Nature. ,vol. 440, pp. 220- 223 ,(2006) , 10.1038/NATURE04535

Y.-X. Chen, J. Yan, K. Keeshan, A. T. Tubbs, H. Wang, A. Silva, E. J. Brown, J. L. Hess, W. S. Pear, X. Hua, The tumor suppressor menin regulates hematopoiesis and myeloid transformation by influencing Hox gene expression Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ,vol. 103, pp. 1018- 1023 ,(2006) , 10.1073/PNAS.0510347103

Norio Suzuki, Osamu Ohneda, Naoko Minegishi, Mitsuo Nishikawa, Takayuki Ohta, Satoru Takahashi, James Douglas Engel, Masayuki Yamamoto, Combinatorial Gata2 and Sca1 expression defines hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow niche Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ,vol. 103, pp. 2202- 2207 ,(2006) , 10.1073/PNAS.0508928103

Joel S. Finkelstein, Calcium plus vitamin D for postmenopausal women - : Bone appétit? The New England Journal of Medicine. ,vol. 354, pp. 750- 752 ,(2006) , 10.1056/NEJME068007

George A. Kelley, Kristi S. Kelley, Exercise and bone mineral density at the femoral neck in postmenopausal women: A meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials with individual patient data American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. ,vol. 194, pp. 760- 767 ,(2006) , 10.1016/J.AJOG.2005.09.006

Rebecca D. Jackson, Andrea Z. LaCroix, Margery Gass, Robert B. Wallace, John Robbins, Cora E. Lewis, Tamsen Bassford, Shirley A.A. Beresford, Henry R. Black, Patricia Blanchette, Denise E. Bonds, Robert L. Brunner, Robert G. Brzyski, Bette Caan, Jane A. Cauley, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Steven R. Cummings, Iris Granek, Jennifer Hays, Gerardo Heiss, Susan L. Hendrix, Barbara V. Howard, Judith Hsia, F. Allan Hubbell, Karen C. Johnson, Howard Judd, Jane Morley Kotchen, Lewis H. Kuller, Robert D. Langer, Norman L. Lasser, Marian C. Limacher, Shari Ludlam, JoAnn E. Manson, Karen L. Margolis, Joan McGowan, Judith K. Ockene, Mary Jo O'Sullivan, Lawrence Phillips, Ross L. Prentice, Gloria E. Sarto, Marcia L. Stefanick, Linda Van Horn, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Evelyn Whitlock, Garnet L. Anderson, Annlouise R. Assaf, David Barad, Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures. The New England Journal of Medicine. ,vol. 354, pp. 669- 683 ,(2006) , 10.1056/NEJMOA055218

Michael R. McClung, E. Michael Lewiecki, Stanley B. Cohen, Michael A. Bolognese, Grattan C. Woodson, Alfred H. Moffett, Munro Peacock, Paul D. Miller, Samuel N. Lederman, Charles H. Chesnut, Douglas Lain, Alan J. Kivitz, Donna L. Holloway, Charlie Zhang, Mark C. Peterson, Pirow J. Bekker, Denosumab in Postmenopausal Women with Low Bone Mineral Density The New England Journal of Medicine. ,vol. 354, pp. 821- 831 ,(2006) , 10.1056/NEJMOA044459