Animal Experimental Models in Bone Metabolic Disease 2.0

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to inform you of a Special Issue of IJMS entitled “Animal Experimental Models in Bone Metabolic Disease 2.0”. Metabolic bone disease, especially osteoporosis, has a high prevalence and causes an increase in morbidity and mortality, especially in elderly patients. It is important to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in its appearance, which allow for therapeutic targets to be established. An increased knowledge of its pathophysiology allows for a better understanding of the disease and its solutions. On the other hand, knowledge of these new therapeutic targets will allow for the design of new therapeutic options. These need to be tested in experimental models before they can be tested in humans. In addition, the therapeutic options approved for other diseases could be beneficial in metabolic bone disease and tests on animal models would facilitate their use. This Special Issue focuses on animal experimental models used to study the pathogenesis of bone metabolic diseases, and will be published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms, ISSN 1422-0067). We invite researchers to submit original review articles associated with the use of animal experimental models in metabolic bone diseases.

Prof. Dr. Jose Luis Pérez-Castrillón
Dr. Ricardo Usategui-Martín
Guest Editors

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• animal experimental models
• therapeutic targets
• pathophysiology
• bone metabolic disease