Projects

These investigations are based on the clinical cohort, Mr OS. This is a collaboration between Sweden, US and Hong Kong. In total 11 000 elderly men are followed prospectively to fracture. In Uppsala 1000 men are gathered. The baseline sampling of the cohort and 5 year follow up is now completed. Current research is mostly on regulation of calcium and phosphate, influence of sex hormones and genetic determinants for fracture.

Osteogenesis Imperfecta

In collaboration with the children’s hospital in Stockholm a cohort of patients with OI is collected. The mutations causing OI are determined, and at present large amount of clinical data are gathered to investigate genotype-phenotype interaction in this disease. Also, individual patients with new sorts of mutations causing defect collagen are investigated. Finally in this project we are investigating the possibility to use gene silencing to interrupt dominant negative mutations in the genes for collagen type I.

Micro RNA

In collaboration with the department of orthopedic surgery studies on isolated human osteoblasts are performed. During 2015 especially the existence and regulation of micro RNA in human bone cells has been the focus of interest.

Phosphate homeostasis

In collaboration with nephrologists at Uppsala hospital, hormonal regulation of serum phosphate is investigated. Focus is on the recently discovered putative hormone FGF-23. Again the research is based on clinical cases or groups of patients. To date most interest has been on studies in patients with oncogenic phosphate wasting osteomalacia, and in patient groups with renal impairment.

Pituitary diseases

In collaboration with Dr Engström the research group is also involved in studies concerning pituitary diseases. These projects are focused around patient registers, and treatment studies.