Blog - Osteoarthritis

• 27 \ 07 \ 2020

  A body and mind examination of weight loss

  

  Obesity and overweight are a rapidly growing public health problem affecting an increasing number of countries worldwide because of its prevalence, costs, and health effects.

  Obesity and being overweight, abnormal accumulation of body fat (usually 20% above the normal ideal body weight), are chronic disorders officially classified as a diseases (ICD-10 E66.0) in 1990 and defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or more.

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• 01 \ 07 \ 2019

  Protein ENPP-1: What if works incorrectly?

  

  ENPP-1, as ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/ phosphodiesterase family member 1, is a membrane-bound glycoprotein, expressed on the outer surfaces of mineralizing cells, such as osteoblasts and chondrocytes. This protein regulates bone mineralization by hydrolyzing extracellular nucleotide triphosphates to produce pyrophosphate (PPi), which inhibits hydroxyapatite crystal deposition.

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