PMID- 18433299 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080808 LR - 20211020 IS - 1523-4681 (Electronic) IS - 0884-0431 (Print) IS - 0884-0431 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 5 DP - 2008 May TI - In vivo genome-wide expression study on human circulating B cells suggests a novel ESR1 and MAPK3 network for postmenopausal osteoporosis. PG - 644-54 LID - 10.1359/jbmr.080105 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Osteoporosis is characterized by low BMD. Studies have shown that B cells may participate in osteoclastogenesis through expression of osteoclast-related factors, such as RANKL, transforming growth factor beta (TGFB), and osteoprotegerin (OPG). However, the in vivo significance of B cells in human bone metabolism and osteoporosis is still largely unknown, particularly at the systematic gene expression level. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, Affymetrix HG-U133A GeneChip arrays were used to identify genes differentially expressed in B cells between 10 low and 10 high BMD postmenopausal women. Significance of differential expression was tested by t-test and adjusted for multiple testing with the Benjamini and Hochberg (BH) procedure (adjusted p