Osteoporosis

In Vitro Models.- Isolation and Culture of Rodent Osteoprogenitor Cells.- Osteoclast Culture and Resorption Assays.- Assessing New Bone Formation in Neonatal Calvarial Organ Cultures.- Detection of Apoptosis of Bone Cells In Vitro.- In Vivo Rodent Models.- In Vivo Parathyroid Hormone Treatments and RNA Isolation and Analysis.- Assessment of Bone Formation Capacity Using In vivo Transplantation Assays: Procedure and Tissue Analysis.- Ossicle and Vossicle Implant Model Systems.- Utility of the Ovariectomized Rat as a Model for Human Osteoporosis in Drug Discovery.- Orchidectomy Models of Osteoporosis.- Methods of Gene Delivery.- Gene Delivery by Adenoviruses.- Lentivirus Delivery of shRNA Constructs into Osteoblasts.- Gene Delivery by Retroviruses.- Molecular and Genetic Techniques.- Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assays: Application of ChIP-on-Chip for Defining Dynamic Transcriptional Mechanisms in Bone Cells.- Identification of Transcription Factor Target Genes by ChIP Display.- Application of the Laser Capture Microdissection Technique for Molecular Definition of Skeletal Cell Differentiation In Vivo.- Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping.- Imaging Techniques.- In Situ Nuclear Organization of Regulatory Machinery.- Bioluminescent Imaging in Bone.- Micro-Computed Tomography: A Method for the Non-Destructive Evaluation of the Three-Dimensional Structure of Biological Specimens.- Fourier Transform-Infrared Microspectroscopy and Microscopic Imaging.- Mechanical Testing.- Assessment of the In Vivo Adaptive Response to Mechanical Loading.- Determination of Bone's Mechanical Matrix Properties by Nanoindentation.- Fluid Flow Assays.